Augustal prefect of Egypt

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The Augustal prefect of Egypt was the Roman Empire’s chief administrative and military governor of the province of Egypt, overseeing its taxation, justice, and grain supply to Rome.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman provincial governor
administrative office
imperial appointment
military office
appliesToJurisdiction Roman province of Egypt
appointedBy Roman emperor
controls access to Egypt by Roman senators
createdUnder Augustus NERFINISHED
establishedInPeriod early Roman Empire
existedDuring Dominate
Principate
governs Alexandria NERFINISHED
Fayum NERFINISHED
Nile Valley NERFINISHED
Thebaid NERFINISHED
governsOnBehalfOf Roman emperor in Egypt
hasAuthorityOver Egyptian priesthoods in administrative matters
local city councils in Egypt
hasDuty administering justice in Egypt
commanding Roman troops in Egypt
maintaining public order in Egypt
managing grain supply from Egypt to Rome
overseeing taxation in Egypt
hasLegalPower confirming or removing local officials in Egypt
issuing edicts (prostagma) for Egypt
presiding over major criminal trials in Egypt
hasRank equestrian
hasRole chief administrative governor of Egypt
chief military governor of Egypt
hasSeat Alexandria NERFINISHED
hasSymbolicRole representative of the emperor in Egypt
hasTitle praefectus Augustalis NERFINISHED
importantFor fiscal revenues of the Roman Empire
grain supply of Rome
languageOfOfficialActs Greek
Latin
notHeldBy Roman senator
oversees Roman garrison in Egypt
frontier defenses of Egypt
partOf Roman Empire
reportsTo Roman emperor
responsibleFor collection of customs duties in Egypt
collection of land taxes in Egypt
implementation of imperial edicts in Egypt
judicial appeals from lower courts in Egypt
supervision of grain shipments from Alexandria to Rome
succeeds Ptolemaic royal administration in Egypt

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Orestes, prefect of Alexandria positionHeld Augustal prefect of Egypt