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    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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    Praefectus annonae: official charged with the supervision of the grain supply to the city of Rome. Praefectus alae: commander of a cavalry unit. Praefectus castrorum:...
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    In Imperial Rome, Cura Annonae ("care of Annona") was the import and distribution of grain to the residents of the cities of Rome and, after its foundation...
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    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...
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  • Rome (d. 512), Roman deacon and writer Paschasius (fl. 533), Roman praefectus annonae Paschasius of Dumium (fl. c. 555), Galician monk and translator Paschasius...
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  • had been done in Rome. This leads Lucius Minucius, the patrician praefectus annonae ("president of the market"), to accuse Maelius of seeking to take...
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  • of the Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, which included praefectus annonae and praefectus or governor of Roman Egypt. His career is documented in an...
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  • Lucius Laberius Maximus (category Praefecti annonae)
    positions, Laberius Maximus had also successfully completed a term as Praefectus annonae, or the prefect in charge of the grain supply of Rome. Maximus attained...
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    through the tres militiae often became prefect of the food supply (Praefectus annonae), prefect of Egypt, or praetorian prefects, the highest prefectures...
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  • works. In April 190 Rome was afflicted by a food shortage, which the praefectus annonae Papirius Dionysius, in charge of the grain supply, contrived to make...
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  • Laberius Maximus, was a high equestrian official who was successively praefectus annonae, Prefect of Egypt and Praetorian prefect in the years 80 to 84. His...
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    specifically record that the oil they once contained was delivered to the praefectus annonae, the official in charge of the state-run food distribution service...
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    spring of 190, Rome was afflicted by a food shortage, for which the praefectus annonae Papirius Dionysius, the official actually in charge of the grain supply...
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  • Gaius Caecina Largus, governor of Thracia c. AD 198. Caecina Largus, praefectus annonae c. AD 250. Aulus Caecina Tacitus, governor of Hispania Baetica, and...
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  • yearly harvest in ancient Roman religion Cura Annonae, the grain supply to the city of Rome Praefectus annonae, official responsible for the grain supply...
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  • Cassianus Priscus, a native of Asisium, served as prefect of the vigiles, praefectus annonae, and governor of Egypt from AD 80 to 82. Tettia Materna, the wife...
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    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...
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    selling magistracies, but following a grain shortage in AD 190, the praefectus annonae incited a riot against him. The emperor made no effort to defend his...
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    Lucius Julius Vehilius Gratus Julianus (category Praefecti annonae)
    office praefectus annonae immediately follows appointment to the head of a rationibus. Julianus was directly succeeded as praefectus annonae by Papirius...
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  • learn that he had previously held the offices of princeps senatus and praefectus annonae, besides his embassy to Rome; in another oration he mentions ten embassies...
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  • Quintus Marcius Dioga (category Praefecti annonae)
    Dioga was also praefectus vigilum. The dates of these appointments was for a long time in doubt: experts long considered praefectus annonae to be the senior...
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    Nicomachus Flavianus the Younger received the title of praefectus urbi, while the new praefectus annonae was Numerius Proiectus. Though his actual beliefs...
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    unrest in 57 BC, a grateful Cicero backed Pompey's appointment as praefectus annonae, a temporary position set up for such occasions. Pompey and Crassus...
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    clear from chapters 18 and 19 of De Brevitate Vitae that Paulinus was praefectus annonae, the official who superintended the grain supply of Rome, and was...
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    annona system between 8 and 14 CE. He established the position of praefectus annonae, Prefect of the Annona. Up to this point in time, the annona was handled...
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  • had been done in Rome. This leads Lucius Minucius, the patrician praefectus annonae ("president of the market"), to accuse Maelius of seeking to take...
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    remained prosperous into the 5th century, as it was the seat of the Praefectus annonae. There is expansion beyond the western and southern walls in the area...
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    Asia, possibly the same man as the writer. Claudius Athenodorus, praefectus annonae during the reign of Domitian. Claudius Capito, an orator, and a contemporary...
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  • pretorian prefect Sextus Tigidius Perennis, praefectus vigilum Quintus Cervidius Scaevola, and praefectus annonae Titus Flavius Piso—as well as Tarrutenius...
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    eminence. Maecianus was briefly Praefect of Egypt, and subsequently Praefectus annonae in Rome. If it was Maecianus who rose to prominence, he may have risen...
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