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...

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...

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...

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

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 to...

and fought against the Aequi during his second consulship. He was praefectus urbi in 464. Volesus Valerius Potitus, the grandfather of Gaius Valerius...

East and Consul in 467), Messius Phoebus Severus (Consul in 470 and praefectus urbi), and Pamprepius (pagan poet). In 453, he married Marcia Euphemia,...

largitionum), imperial recorder (quaestor), and governor of Rome (praefectus urbi) in 414. The voyage recorded in De reditu suo has been variously dated...

the vicarius urbis Romae had lost the government of the diocese, becoming, according to Hartmann, a collaborator of the praefectus urbi; the vicar's jurisdiction...

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

himself to death. Marcius's son, also named Numa Marcius, would serve as praefectus urbi under Tullus, and would be the father of Ancus Marcius, Tullus's successor...

time in 85, together with the emperor Domitian. At one time, he was praefectus urbi. Titus Aurelius T. f. Fulvus, the father of Antoninus Pius, was consul...

Albinus (floruit 414) was an aristocrat of the Roman Empire. He was praefectus urbi in 414, succeeding his friend Rutilius Namatianus, and possibly again...

month of his ascension, appointing Fabius Titianus to the position of praefectus urbis to govern Rome. He seems to have secured Africa quickly as well, thus...

consul II in AD 298, and praefectus urbi of Rome in 299–300. Amnius Anicius Julianus, consul in AD 322, and praefectus urbi of Rome in 326–329. Sextus...

him in the roles of Praefectus urbi and Praetorian prefect. He was later admitted into the Senate and, soon after, became praefectus of the military treasury...

(361-363), Victor served as governor of Pannonia Secunda; in 389 he became praefectus urbi (urban prefect), senior imperial official in Rome. Four small historical...

(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...

Hermogenianus Olybrius (floruit 361 – 384) was a Roman politician, praefectus urbi of Rome from 368 to 370 and Roman consul in 379. Olybrius has been...

in the event of more serious crimes the decision was made by the praefectus urbi, "if the offender is a person of such thuggish and infamous character...

of Arles (c. 403–449), Bishop of Arles and saint Hilarius (praefectus urbi), praefectus urbi (prefect of Rome) in 408 Pope Hilarius or Hilary (died 468)...

the Praetorian Guard to put down the disturbances but Pertinax, the praefectus urbi (city prefect of Rome), despatched the vigiles Urbani to oppose them...

Annius Bassus, he was vir clarissimus and vicarius of Rome as well as praefectus urbi from 25 March to 25 August 359. The important Sarcophagus of Junius...

he is attested as Praetorian prefect of Italy. In 381 he was also praefectus urbi of Rome and Consul in 382. Afrania gens Tonantius Ferreolus (prefect)...

can be derived from a consular diptych preserved in Brescia. He was praefectus urbi of Rome (date unknown), then Praetorian prefect of Italy at some point...

monuments of Rome (given in Ravenna, on 11 July 458, to Aemilianus, praefectus urbi of Rome, also in the name of Leo I); Novella Maioriani 5, De bonis...

mentioned in history was Romulius Denter, said to have been appointed praefectus urbi by Romulus himself. That the Romilii were patricians is inferred from...

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 in...

imprudent freedom of speech during the reign of Macrinus. Fulvius, praefectus urbi in AD 222, was torn to pieces, along with Aurelius Eubulus, by the...