Praetorian Prefecture of Italy

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late Roman administrative division praetorian prefecture

The Praetorian Prefecture of Italy was a major late Roman administrative division that encompassed Italy and surrounding regions, overseeing civil governance, taxation, and justice under the authority of a praetorian prefect.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Praetorian Prefect of Italy 1
Praetorian prefecture of Italy 1
praetorian prefecture of Italy 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf late Roman administrative division ⓘ
praetorian prefecture ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Africa (occasionally) ⓘ
Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corsica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dalmatia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ostrogothic Kingdom (as administrative framework) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raetia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sardinia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Mediterranean region ⓘ
western Balkans (at times) ⓘ
capital Ravenna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolved during Byzantine reorganization of Italy ⓘ
endTime 6th century ⓘ
followed Diocletianic provincial system NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Tetrarchic administrative reforms ⓘ
governmentType imperial civil administration ⓘ
governs multiple Roman provinces ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civil governance ⓘ
justice ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
hasCentralGovernment praetorian prefecture chancery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction administration of imperial estates ⓘ
collection of imperial taxes ⓘ
overseeing judicial appeals ⓘ
supervision of provincial governors ⓘ
hasPart diocese of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
diocese of Illyricum (at times) NERFINISHED ⓘ
diocese of Italy ⓘ
diocese of Pannonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRank highest civil administrative unit in Western Empire ⓘ
headOfGovernment praetorian prefect ⓘ
inception after 337 CE ⓘ
locatedInTime Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHeldBy praetorian prefect ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
replacedBy Exarchate of Ravenna (in part) NERFINISHED ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Ravenna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 4th century ⓘ
subdivisionOf Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo Roman emperor ⓘ
Western Roman emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Praetorian Prefect → hasNotableOfficeHolder → Praetorian Prefecture of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefect of Italy
Diocese of Africa → partOf → Praetorian Prefecture of Italy ⓘ
Diocese of Italia → partOf → Praetorian Prefecture of Italy ⓘ
Roman province of Samnium → partOf → Praetorian Prefecture of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: praetorian prefecture of Italy
Mauretania Caesariensis → wasPartOf → Praetorian Prefecture of Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Praetorian prefecture of Italy