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

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:...

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...

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...

Rome (d. 512), Roman deacon and writer Paschasius (fl. 533), Roman praefectus annonae Paschasius of Dumium (fl. c. 555), Galician monk and translator Paschasius...

had been done in Rome. This leads Lucius Minucius, the patrician praefectus annonae ("president of the market"), to accuse Maelius of seeking to take...

of the Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, which included praefectus annonae and praefectus or governor of Roman Egypt. His career is documented in an...

through the tres militiae often became prefect of the food supply (Praefectus annonae), prefect of Egypt, or praetorian prefects, the highest prefectures...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

yearly harvest in ancient Roman religion Cura Annonae, the grain supply to the city of Rome Praefectus annonae, official responsible for the grain supply...

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...

Gaius Caecina Largus, governor of Thracia c. AD 198. Caecina Largus, praefectus annonae c. AD 250. Aulus Caecina Tacitus, governor of Hispania Baetica, and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nicomachus Flavianus the Younger received the title of praefectus urbi, while the new praefectus annonae was Numerius Proiectus. Though his actual beliefs...

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...

office praefectus annonae immediately follows appointment to the head of a rationibus. Julianus was directly succeeded as praefectus annonae by Papirius...

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...

had been done in Rome. This leads Lucius Minucius, the patrician praefectus annonae ("president of the market"), to accuse Maelius of seeking to take...

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...

Asia, possibly the same man as the writer. Claudius Athenodorus, praefectus annonae during the reign of Domitian. Claudius Capito, an orator, and a contemporary...

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...

Lucius Faenius Rufus, an eques Romanus, was praefectus annonae from AD 55 to 62. Tacitus reports that (unlike most holders of that office) he did not profit...