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The prefect of each prefecture was the highest civilian officer, being subordinate only to the emperor(s). The prefect was the superior of the vicars and governors. He was the chief appellate judge, head of the administration of the prefecture, chief finance officer, and chief tax collector (though the collection was actually done at municipal ...
A fiscal procurator (procurator Augusti) was the chief financial officer of a province during the Principate (30 BC – AD 284). A fiscal procurator worked alongside the legatus Augusti pro praetore (imperial governor) of his province but was not subordinate to him, reporting directly to the emperor. The governor headed the civil and judicial ...
Prefect Pontius Pilatus: 26–36 10 Prefect Marcellus: 36–37 1 Prefect Marullus: 37–41 4 Prefect Marcus Julius Agrippa: 41–44 3 King of Judaea Cuspius Fadus: 44–46 2 Procurator: Tiberius Julius Alexander: 46–48 2 Procurator Ventidius Cumanus: 48–52 4 Procurator Marcus Antonius Felix: 52–60 8 Procurator Porcius Festus: 60–62 2 ...
A prefect's office, department, or area of control is called a prefecture, but in various post-Roman Empire cases there is a prefect without a prefecture or vice versa. The words "prefect" and "prefecture" are also used, more or less conventionally, to render analogous words in other languages, especially Romance languages .
Map of the province of Judaea during Coponius' governorship. He was, like the prefects who succeeded him, of knightly rank, and "had the power of life and death". [2] During his administration the revolt of Judas the Galilean occurred, [3] the cause of which was not so much the personality of Coponius as the introduction of Roman soldiers.
The client kingdom of Numidia under king Juba II (30 - 25 BC), previously between 46 - 30 BC the province Africa Nova, was abolished, and merged with the province Africa Vetus, creating the province Africa Proconsularis (except territory of Western Numidia). 22 BC: Gallia Belgica: Created in territories of Gaul (imperial proconsular province ...
Constantine removed active military command in 312. The prefect remained as chief quarter-master general responsible for the logistical supply of the army. The prefect was the chief financial officer whose office drew up the global imperial budget. His office drew up the state liturgical obligations laid on the richer inhabitants of the Empire.
Praefectus, often with a further qualification, was the formal title of many, fairly low to high-ranking, military or civil officials in the Roman Empire, whose authority was not embodied in their person (as it was with elected Magistrates) but conferred by delegation from a higher authority.