Praetorian Prefect

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Roman imperial office military commander political office

The Praetorian Prefect was a powerful senior official of the Roman Empire who commanded the emperor’s elite Praetorian Guard and often wielded significant political and military influence.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Praetorian Prefect of the East	3
Praetorian Prefect canonical	2
Praetorian prefect	2
Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus	1
Praetorian prefects	1
praefectus praetorio	1

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman imperial office ⓘ military commander ⓘ political office ⓘ
abolished	7th century AD in the East ⓘ Late 6th century AD in the West ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Roman Empire ⓘ
appointedBy	Roman emperor ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
createdBy	Augustus ⓘ
hasDuty	collection of taxes in assigned prefecture ⓘ command of Praetorian cohorts ⓘ coordination of provincial governors ⓘ implementation of imperial edicts ⓘ judicial appeals jurisdiction ⓘ maintenance of public order in the capital ⓘ management of state finances ⓘ organization of grain supply ⓘ oversight of imperial courts ⓘ supervision of imperial correspondence ⓘ
hasNotableOfficeHolder	Anthemius ⓘ Ardaburius ⓘ Burrus ⓘ John the Cappadocian ⓘ Macro ⓘ Papinian ⓘ Perennis ⓘ Plautianus ⓘ Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls ⓘ surface form: Praetorian Prefect of Gaul Praetorian Prefect of Illyricum ⓘ Praetorian Prefecture of Italy ⓘ surface form: Praetorian Prefect of Italy Praetorian Prefect self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Praetorian Prefect of the East Sejanus ⓘ Tigellinus ⓘ Timesitheus ⓘ Ulpius Marcellus ⓘ
hasPower	arrest senators ⓘ command field armies in some periods ⓘ control access to the emperor ⓘ influence imperial succession ⓘ issue administrative edicts ⓘ negotiate with foreign powers ⓘ
hasRank	equestrian rank in early Empire ⓘ senatorial rank in some periods ⓘ
hasRole	administrator of imperial government ⓘ chief bodyguard of the Roman emperor ⓘ commander of elite troops ⓘ commander of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ enforcer of imperial policy ⓘ head of imperial secretariat in Late Empire ⓘ high-ranking political official ⓘ internal security supervisor ⓘ judge in legal matters ⓘ kingmaker in imperial successions ⓘ logistics and supply organizer ⓘ president of imperial council in some reigns ⓘ provincial governor in some regions ⓘ regent during imperial minorities ⓘ senior military advisor to the emperor ⓘ supreme civil administrator in Late Empire ⓘ tax administration overseer ⓘ
hasSuccessor	comes sacrarum largitionum ⓘ exarch ⓘ logothete of the drome ⓘ magister officiorum ⓘ
inception	1st century BC ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ
LatinName	Praetorian Prefect self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: praefectus praetorio
location	Antioch ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Milan ⓘ Ravenna ⓘ Rome ⓘ Sirmium ⓘ Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessalonica Trier ⓘ
partOf	Praetorian Guard ⓘ Roman imperial administration ⓘ
reportsTo	Roman emperor ⓘ
subsequentTo	Republican military tribune roles ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century AD ⓘ 2nd century AD ⓘ 3rd century AD ⓘ 4th century AD ⓘ 5th century AD ⓘ 6th century AD ⓘ Principate ⓘ surface form: Roman Dominate Principate ⓘ surface form: Roman Principate

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Praetorian Guard → commanderTitle → Praetorian Prefect ⓘ

John the Cappadocian → positionHeld → Praetorian Prefect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefect of the East

Roman general Marcius Turbo → positionHeld → Praetorian Prefect ⓘ

subject surface form: Marcius Turbo

this entity surface form: Praetorian prefect

Praetorian Prefect → hasNotableOfficeHolder → Praetorian Prefect self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefect of the East

Praetorian Prefect → LatinName → Praetorian Prefect self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: praefectus praetorio

Lucius Seius Strabo → category → Praetorian Prefect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian prefects

Tigellinus → positionHeld → Praetorian Prefect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian prefect

Rufrius Crispinus → positionHeld → Praetorian Prefect ⓘ

Ablabius → positionHeld → Praetorian Prefect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefect of the East

Furia Sabinia Tranquillina → associatedWith → Praetorian Prefect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus