- 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 urb****, also
called praefectus urbi or
urban prefect in English, was
prefect of the city of Rome, and
later also of Constantinople. The...
- 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...
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styled uniquely Praefectus Augustalis,
indicating that he
governed in the
personal name of the emperor, the "Augustus". The
praefectus Aegypti was considered...
- The
praefectus vigilum (lit. 'prefect of the watchmen', pl.:
praefecti vigilum) was,
starting with the
reign of the
Emperor Augustus, the
commander of...
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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...
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places the two
terms together, e.g. the
praefectus laetorum gentilium Svevorum at
Bayeux and the
praefectus laetorum gentilium at Reims. Reproductively...
- The
praefectus annonae ("prefect of the provisions"), also
called the
praefectus rei
frumentariae ("prefect of the
grain supply"), was a
Roman official...
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Prefect (from the
Latin praefectus,
substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front",
meaning in charge) is a
magisterial title of
varying definition...
- legatus'
staff officers. In addition,
Augustus established a new post of
praefectus castrorum (literally "prefect of the camp"), to be
filled by a
Roman knight...
