PPRET Les Préfets du Prétoire de l’Empire Tardif

Inscriptions

N. PPRETInscriptionPraetorian prefectPLREEmperors and their prefectsDate
01Inscription in honour of Diocletian Aug. from Oescus by two praet. prefects Hannibalianus and AsclepiodotusAfranius Hannibalianus; Iulius AsclepiodotusPLRE I1. Diocletian and the Tetrarchy (284-305 AD)289/291 AD
02Inscription in honour of Constantius I Caes. from Brixia by two praet. prefects Asclepiodotus and HermogenianusIulius Asclepiodotus; Aurelius HermogenianusNEW1. Diocletian and the Tetrarchy (284-305 AD)296/298 AD
03Fragmentary inscription in honour of Maximianus Aug. from the Roman Forum by two praet. prefects[- - -]nus; [- - -]musPLRE I1. Diocletian and the Tetrarchy (284-305 AD)298/305 AD
04Inscription (1) in honour of Maxentius from the Roman Forum by his praet. prefect RusticianusManilius RusticianusREV2. Crisis of the tetrarchic system (306-313 AD)310/311 AD
05Inscription (2) in honour of Maxentius from the Roman Forum by his praet. prefect RusticianusManilius RusticianusNEW2. Crisis of the tetrarchic system (306-313 AD)310/311 AD
06Fragmentary inscription in honour of a tetrarchic Caesar (Maximinus Daia?) from Perinthus Heraclea by a praet. prefect[- - -]usPLRE I2. Crisis of the tetrarchic system (306-313 AD)307/308 AD
07Constantine’s Quinquennalia medallion possibly engraved by his praet. prefectVitalianusNEW2. Crisis of the tetrarchic system (306-313 AD)310 AD
08Inscription for Constantine and Licinius celebrating the reconstruction of Tropaeum Traiani supervised by the praet. prefects Petronius Annianus and Iulius IulianusPetronius Annianus; Iulius IulianusPLRE I3. Constantine and Licinius AA. (313-324 AD)314/315 AD
09Inscription in honour of Crispus Caes. from Ephesus by the praet. prefects Petronius Annianus and Iulius IulianusPetronius Annianus; Iulius IulianusPLRE I3. Constantine and Licinius AA. (313-324 AD)317 AD
10Inscription in honour of Iunius Bassus Theotecnius from Aqua Viva (Falerii Novi) mentioning his father’s praet. prefectureIunius BassusPLRE I3. Constantine and Licinius AA. (313-324 AD)364 AD
11Fragment of inscription mentioning probably Iunius Bassus praet. prefect from TarracinaIunius BassusNEW3. Constantine and Licinius AA. (313-324 AD)318/334 AD
12Inscription (1) from Ancyra in honour of Constantine Aug. by his praet. prefect Fl. ConstantiusFlavius ConstantiusPLRE I4. Constantine sole A. (324-337 AD)324/327 AD
13Inscription (2) from Ancyra in honour of Constantine Aug. by his praet. prefect Fl. ConstantiusFlavius ConstantiusNEW4. Constantine sole A. (324-337 AD)324/327 AD
14Building inscription celebrating a construction in the Aila harbour, undertaken by Constantine and the Caesars and supervised by their praetorian prefectFlavius ConstantiusNEW4. Constantine sole A. (324-337 AD)324/326 AD
15Greek dedicatory epigram of the Great Church of Antioch built by Constantine under the supervision of his praet. prefect Fl. ConstantiusFlavius ConstantiusNEW4. Constantine sole A. (324-337 AD)325/327 AD
16Building inscription of the Aïn Rchine arch under the supervision of five praet. prefectsValerius Maximus; Iunius Bassus; Papius Pacatianus; Flavius Ablabius; Valerius FelixNEW4. Constantine sole A. (324-337 AD)332 AD
17Inscription in honour of Constantine II Caesar (in Latin) from Tubernuc by five praet. praefects (Antioch’s twin inscr.)Papius Pacatianus; Flavius Ablabius; Valerius Felix; Annius Tiberianus; Nestorius TimonianusPLRE I4. Constantine sole A. (324-337 AD)336 AD
18Inscription in honour of Constantine II Caesar (in Greek) from Antioch by five praet. praefects (Tubernuc’s twin inscr.)Papius Pacatianus; Flavius Ablabius; Valerius Felix; Annius Tiberianus; Nestorius TimonianusNEW4. Constantine sole A. (324-337 AD)336 AD
19Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect C. Caelius Saturninus signo Dogmatius from Rome by his sonCaius Caelius Saturninus DogmatiusPLRE I4. Constantine sole A. (324-337 AD)334/336 AD
20Inscription of Fabia Aconia Paulina mentioning her father, the former praet. prefect Aconius Catullinus, and her husband, the praet. prefect PraetextatusAconius Catullinus; Vettius Agorius PraetextatusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)384/387 AD
21Greek inscription in elegiac distichs honouring the praet. prefect Antonius Marcellinus from Gortyna (Crete)Antonius MarcellinusREV5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)340/342 AD
22Inscription in honour of Constans Aug. from Augusta Traiana by three praet. praefectsAntonius Marcellinus; Flavius Domitius Leontius; Flavius TitianusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)341/342 AD
23Two fragments of prefectural letters from Delphi to the Apollo’s priest Felicianus by three praet. prefectsFlavius Domitius Leontius; Flavius Titianus; Marcus Maecius Memmius Furius Baburius Caecilianus PlacidusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)342/344 AD
24Bronze statue base in honour of the praet. prefect Domitius Leontius from Berytus decreed by the council of Phoenicia and made by the ordo of Berytus with imperial permissionFlavius Domitius LeontiusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)344 AD
25Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Caecilianus Furius Placidus from Puteoli by the Regio PalatinaMarcus Maecius Memmius Furius Baburius Caecilianus PlacidusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)343/346 AD
26Bilingual epitaph in Latin (a) and Greek (b) hexameters of the praet. prefect Maiorinus from Buşr al-Hariri (Syria) by his nephewMaiorinusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)346/365 AD
27Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Flavius Philippus from Chytri (Cyprus) by Constantius II Aug. and Gallus Caes. (gilded statue)Flavius PhilippusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)351/352 AD
28Copy of a letter by Constantius II Aug. to Marinus (vicarius Asianae?) from Ephesus ordering that a series of statues be erected in honour of the praet. prefect Flavius PhilippusFlavius PhilippusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)351/352 AD
29Greek inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Flavius Philippus by the city of PergeFlavius PhilippusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)351/352 AD
30Monumental Greek inscription on the architrave of the Theatre of Hierapolis for its restoration supervised by the praet. prefect Flavius PhilippusFlavius PhilippusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)352 AD
31Speech of Constantius II Aug. to the Senate of Constantinople instructing them to erect a series of statues in honour of the praet. prefect Flavius PhilippusFlavius PhilippusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)351/352 AD
32Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Vulcacius Rufinus set up in the vestibule of his domus in Rome by the people of RavennaVulcacius RufinusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)347/352 AD
33Inscription celebrating the enlargement of the horrea in Savaria by the praet. prefect Vulcacius RufinusVulcacius RufinusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)346/350 AD
34Inscription relating to building works in Portus (Ostia) probably made by the praet. and urban prefect Ulpius LimeniusUlpius LimeniusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)347/349 AD
35Greek Inscription in honour of an Anonymous praet. prefect of Constantius II A. and Julian C. by the region of Batanea (from Aire, Phoenices Libanensis)Anonymous praetorian prefect of the EastNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)358/360 AD
36Dedication of an altar for the Magna Mater and Attis in Rome by the son of the praet. prefect C. Ceionius Rufius Volusianus signo LampadiusCaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus LampadiusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)390 AD
37Inscription for the restoration of the Baths of Caracalla supervised by the former praet. prefect C. Ceionius Rufius Volusianus signo LampadiusCaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus LampadiusPLRE I7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)365 AD
38Statue base from the Baths of Caracalla in honour of the emperor Valentinian I by the former praet. prefect C. Ceionius Rufius Volusianus signo LampadiusCaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus LampadiusPLRE I7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)365 AD
39Inscription commemorating the restoration of the Castellum Aquae Claudiae in Rome by the former praet. prefect C. Ceionius Rufius Volusianus signo LampadiusCaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus LampadiusPLRE I7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)365 AD
40Dionysus’ statue base from Attideum at Ostia (Rome) by the former praet. prefect C. Ceionius Rufius Volusianus signo LampadiusCaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus LampadiusPLRE I7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)365/377 AD
41Inscription from Ostia (Rome) concerning the restoration of thirteen bridges by the former praet. prefect C. Ceionius Rufius Volusianus signo LampadiusCaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus LampadiusNEW7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)365 AD
42Inscription of a public building burned down in Paphos (Cyprus) then restored by the praet. prefect Claudius Strategius MusonianusClaudius Strategius MusonianusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)354/357 AD
43Greek inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Claudius Strategius Musonianus by the Council and the people of HierapolisClaudius Strategius MusonianusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)354/358 AD
44Greek inscription on the architrave of the Dodekatheon of Hierapolis commemorating a restoration supervised by the praet. prefect Claudius Strategius MusonianusClaudius Strategius MusonianusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)354/355 AD
45Statue base in honour of the praet. prefect Q. Fl. Maesius Egnatius Lollianus signo Mavortius by his son Placidus Severus and his daughter-in-law Antonia Marcianilla from his domus on the Aventine hill (Rome)Quintus Maesius Egnatius Lollianus MavortiusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)355/356 AD
46Gilded statue base from the Trajan’s Forum (Rome) in honour of the praet. prefect Fl. Taurus rehabilitated by the emperors Valentinian I and ValensFlavius TaurusPLRE I6. Julian A. (361-363 AD)364/367 AD
47Inscription in honour of Hilarion, wife of the praet. prefect Vindaeonius Anatolius, by the city Council of PergeVindaeonius AnatoliusNEW5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)357/360 AD
48Gilded statue base from Trajan’s Forum (Rome) in honour of the former praet. prefect Fl. Eugenius rehabilitated by Constantius II Aug. and Julian Caes.Flavius EugeniusPLRE I5. Constantine’s sons (337-361 AD)344/360 AD
49Inscription of the emperor Julian on the cursus publicus from Iulia Concordia made by the praet. prefect MamertinusClaudius MamertinusPLRE I6. Julian A. (361-363 AD)362/363 AD
50Inscription in honour of the emperor Julian from Ancyra by the praet. prefect SalutiusSaturninius Secundus SalutiusPLRE I6. Julian A. (361-363 AD)362 AD
51Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Salutius from Rome by Valentinian I and Valens (gilded statue)Saturninius Secundus SalutiusPLRE I6. Julian A. (361-363 AD)366/367 AD
52Greek inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Salutius from Pisidian Antioch by the bouleSaturninius Secundus SalutiusPLRE I6. Julian A. (361-363 AD)367/368 AD
53Julian’s constitution (CTh 1, 16, 8) addressed to the praet. prefect Salutius and fragments of the prefectorial edict from AmorgosSaturninius Secundus SalutiusREV6. Julian A. (361-363 AD)362 AD
54Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Sallustius from Rome by the provincials of HispaniaeFlavius SallustiusPLRE I6. Julian A. (361-363 AD)364 AD
55Burial inscription for Maximilla from Rome made by Lucceia, daughter of the praet. prefect ViventiusViventiusNEW7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)389 AD
56Fragmentary constitution of Valentinianus I addressed to the praet. prefect Probus from Trinitapoli (Apulia, Italy)Sextus Claudius Petronius ProbusNEW7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)368/375 AD
57Greek inscription in elegiac distichs honouring the praet. prefect Probus from Athens (Achaia) by the proconsul An(a)toliusSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusPLRE I7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)376/382 AD
58Greek inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Probus from Gortyn decreed by the Cretan koinòn and made by the consularis AristidesSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusPLRE I7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)372/375 AD
59Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Probus from Rome (Pincio) made by the council of Venetia and HistriaSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusPLRE I7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)378 AD
60Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Probus from Capua made by the city regiones and collegiaSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusREV8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)381/383 AD
61Greek inscription in honour of the former praet. prefect Probus from Gortyn decreed by the boulè and made by the consular AsclepiodotusSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)382/383 AD
62Fragmentary inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Probus from Trajan’s Forum in RomeSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)384/390 AD
63Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Probus from VeronaSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusREV8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)385/390 AD
64Burial verse inscription of the praet. prefect Probus from Rome (St. Peter’s basilica)Sextus Claudius Petronius ProbusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)390/394 AD
65Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Probus from Rome by his sons Anicius Probinus and Anicius ProbusSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)395/405 AD
66Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Probus from Rome by his son Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius and by his daughter-in-law Anicia IulianaSextus Claudius Petronius ProbusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)395/405 AD
67Inscription in honour of Valentinian I, Valens and Gratian from Cherson by the praet. prefect ModestusDomitius ModestusPLRE I7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)370/375 AD
68Inscription relating to building works in Nakida (Niğde) made by the praet. prefect ModestusDomitius ModestusNEW7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)370/377 AD
69Building inscription concerning a restoration in Aquileia supervised by a praet. prefect, likely Decimius Hilarianus HesperiusDecimius Hilarianus HesperiusREV8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)379 AD
70Inscription in honour of Tyrrania Anicia Iuliana, wife of the praet. prefect Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius, from RomeQuintus Clodius Hermogenianus OlybriusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)379/395 AD
71Opisthographic collar of a slave of Q. Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius, praet. prefect, from RomeQuintus Clodius Hermogenianus OlybriusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)377/378 AD
72Another Opisthographic collar of a slave of Q. Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius, praet. prefect, from one of his properties in RomeQuintus Clodius Hermogenianus OlybriusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)377/378 AD
73Inscription in honour of the former praet. prefect Hypatius from Gortyn, decreed by the Cretan koinòn and made by the consularis AsclepiodotusFlavius HypatiusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)382/383 AD
74Tabella immunitatis of the former praet. prefect PostumianusPostumianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)384/400 AD
75Inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Maternus Cynegius from Alexandria by Theodosius and ArcadiusFlavius Maternus CynegiusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)384/387 AD
76Greek inscription in elegiac distichs honouring the praet. prefect or the vicarius Aphthonius from Gortyna (Crete) by (the consularis ?) AristidesAphthoniusNEW7. Valentinian I and Valens AA. (364-378 AD)376/377 AD
77Funerary altar of the praet. prefect Praetextatus and of his wife Aconia Paulina, from RomeVettius Agorius PraetextatusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)384/385 AD
78Fragmentary inscription in honour of the praet. prefect Praetextatus from the Roman ForumVettius Agorius PraetextatusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)384/385 AD
79Inscription in honour of the deceased praet. prefect Praetextatus, from Rome (Pal. Altemps)Vettius Agorius PraetextatusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)387 AD
80Inscription in honour of the deceased praet. prefect Praetextatus from Rome (Pal. Massimo alle Colonne)Vettius Agorius PraetextatusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)384/450 AD
81Greek translation of a constitution by Valentinianus II to the praet. prefect Principius from Anaia (Asia)PrincipiusNEW8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)386/450 AD
82Inscription in honour of Honorius from Aphrodisias by Tatianus praet. prefectFlavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)388/392 AD
83Inscription in honour of Arcadius from Aphrodisias by Tatianus praet. praefectFlavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)388/392 AD
84Inscription in honour of Valentinian II from Aphrodisias by Tatianus praet. praefectFlavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)388/392 AD
85Inscription in honour of Valentinian II, Theodosius I, Arcadius, Honorius from Side by Tatianus praet. praefectFlavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)388/392 AD
86Inscription in honour of Valentinian II, Theodosius I, Arcadius, Honorius from Antinoupolis by Tatianus praet. praefectFlavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)388/392 AD
87Greek inscription in honour of Flavius Eutolmius Tatianus praet. prefect from SidymaFlavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)391/400 AD
88Inscription from Myra (Lycia) on (weights and) measures on the model established by Tatianus praet. prefectFlavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)388/392 AD
89Greek inscription in honour of Proculus, son of Tatiatus praet. prefect, at the mouth of the River Lycus (Phoenicia)Flavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)382/383 AD
90Inscription commemorating the works on the Canopus canal (Egypt) carried out by the will of Tatianus praet. prefectFlavius Eutolmius TatianusNEW8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)388/390 AD
91Greek verse inscription in honour of Tatianus praet. prefect from Aphrodisias by a descendant of the same name (rehabilitation)Flavius Eutolmius TatianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)430/450 AD
92Posthumous inscription in honour of Virius Nicomachus Flavianus former praet. prefect from Rome by Q. Fabius Memmius SymmachusVirius Nicomachus FlavianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)402 AD
93Posthumous inscription rehabilitating the praet. prefect Virius Nicomachus Flavianus senior from the Trajan’s Forum (Rome) by Appius Nicomachus DexterVirius Nicomachus FlavianusPLRE I8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)431 AD
94Locum in the Flavian Amphitheatre in Roma reserved to the praet. prefect Virius Nicomachus Flavianus seniorVirius Nicomachus FlavianusNEW8. Gratian, Valentinian II, Theodosius I <Maximus, Eugenius> AAA. (379-395 AD)380/394 AD
95Burial inscription from Concordia Sagittaria of Saturninus, centenarius in the office of the praet. prefecture of Illyricum-REV9. IV/V Century AD376/450 AD
96Honorary inscription for an anonymous praet. prefect from the Roman ForumAnonymous praetorian prefectNEW9. IV/V Century AD400/450 AD
97Honorary inscription for an anonymous praet. prefect from Leptis MagnaAnonymous praetorian prefectNEW9. IV/V Century AD330/400 AD
98Honorary inscription for an anonymous praet. prefect from Trajan’s ForumAnonymous praetorian prefectNEW9. IV/V Century AD340/450 AD

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