Look up praefectus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Praefectus, often with a further qualification, was the formal title of many, fairly low to high-ranking...

The praefectus castrorum ("camp prefect") was, in the Roman army of the early Empire, the third most senior staff officer of the Roman legion after the...

The praefectus urbanus, also called praefectus urbi or urban prefect in English, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The...

The praefectus vigilum (lit. 'prefect of the watchmen', pl.: praefecti vigilum) was, starting with the reign of the Emperor Augustus, the commander of...

could they belong to certain cohorts in the army. Cicero speaks of a Praefectus evocatorum, an officer in charge of the evocati. The name evocati was...

styled uniquely Praefectus Augustalis, indicating that he governed in the personal name of the emperor, the "Augustus". The praefectus Aegypti was considered...

The praefectus annonae ("prefect of the provisions"), also called the praefectus rei frumentariae ("prefect of the grain supply") was a Roman official...

politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, praefectus urbi of Constantinople in 415–416. In 415 Ursus was praefectus urbi of Constantinople. On September 4...

It was therefore during the Punic Wars that the separate position of praefectus classis ("fleet prefect") first appeared. Initially subordinate to the...

The praetorian prefect (Latin: praefectus praetorio; Greek: ἔπαρχος/ὕπαρχος τῶν πραιτωρίων) was a high office in the Roman Empire. Originating as the commander...

places the two terms together, e.g. the praefectus laetorum gentilium Svevorum at Bayeux and the praefectus laetorum gentilium at Reims. Reproductively...

(literally "court-master" or "house-master" in German; Latin: Magister, Praefectus curiae; Danish: hofmester, hovmester, Swedish: hovmästare, Czech: hofmistr...

Ἀδαμάντιος; fl. 474–479) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, praefectus urbi of Constantinople (474–479), patricius and honorary consul. Adamantius...

with all honors, then he appointed Maximus as praefectus urbi of Rome in place of Tertullus (praefectus urbi); his choice was motivated by the desire...

in Latin: praefectus Alexandreae et Aegypti, lit. 'prefect of Alexandria and Egypt' and more usually referred to as the Latin: praefectus Aegypti, lit...

Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition...

The gens Pactumeia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are not mentioned by the historians until imperial times, when one...

a son Rufius, and who was Namatianus' successor as praefectus urbi. During his tenure as praefectus urbi, Albinus requested the emperor Honorius to increment...

disruptive confiscation of property. The praefecti aerarii militaris (singular praefectus) were the three prefects who oversaw the treasury. The Imperial biographer...

The Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul (Latin: praefectura praetorio Galliarum) was one of four large prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided...

they wished to become an independent commander of an auxilia unit or the praefectus castrorum. During the Roman Empire, the emperor Claudius created the office...

Antium (CIL X, 6656). Between November 22, 382, and August 25, 383 he was praefectus urbi of Rome. In this capacity he investigated a dispute between Cyriades...

a politician of the Western Roman Empire. Hilarius is known to be the praefectus urbi of Rome in 408. He is attested in office on January 15 of that year...

AD 8 that a food crisis of this sort prompted Augustus to establish a praefectus annonae, a permanent prefect who was in charge of procuring food supplies...

Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus...

command of this Dux: Praefectus Legionis sextae Praefectus Numeri directorum, Verteris Praefectus Numeri exploratorum, Lavatrae Praefectus Equitum Dalmatarum...

Publilius, was praefectus urbi of Rome in AD 402. Caecina Decius Aginatius Albinus, praefectus urbi of Rome in AD 414. Albinus, praefectus urbi of Rome...

Timothy Walker is a British botanist. He was the Horti Praefectus (Director) of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum. After attending...

Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus...

The gens Scribonia was a plebeian family of ancient Rome. Members of this gens first appear in history at the time of the Second Punic War, but the first...