List of prefects of the Roman fleets

The list of prefects of the Roman fleets contains the known commanders of the various Roman fleets . The list is not complete.

Main fleets

Classis misenensis

The Classis Misenensis was one of the two main fleets stationed in Italy; she was stationed in Misenum . The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
Ti.Iulius Optatus Pontianus	52
Claudius Iulianus	69
Sextus Lucilius Bassus	69
Claudius Apollinaris	69
Gaius Pliny Secundus	79
Quintus Marcius Turbo	114
Iulius Fronto	129
Marcus Gavius Maximus	132/133
Marcus Calpurnius Seneca	134
Caecius Severus	139 to 140
Valerius Paetus	145
Titus Furius Victorinus	154
Tuticanus capito	158 to 160
Iulius Crescens	166
P. Cominius Clemens	178
Lucius Iulius Vehilius Gratus Iulianus	183/184
Cn. Marcius Rustius Rufinus	Septimius Severus
Claudius Diognetus	209
Valerius Datus	212
Claudius Dionysius	214
Marcius Agrippa	217
Appius Celer	221
Licinius Hierocles	229
Valerius Valens	238/240
C. Iulius Alexander	246
Aelius Aemilianus	247
M. Cornelius Octavianus	260

Classis Ravennas

The Classis Ravennas was one of the two main fleets stationed in Italy; she was stationed in Ravenna . The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
P. Palpellius Clodius Quirinalis	56
M. Aurelius Regulus	Nero
Sextus Lucilius Bassus	69
Cornelius Fuscus	69
L. Cornelius Gratus	100
Marcus Ulpius Marcellus	119
Lucius Numerius Albanus	121/122 to 127
Marcus Calpurnius Seneca	127/129 to 132
Marcus Gavius Maximus	131/132
Fabius Sabinus	139
Titus Furius Victorinus	150
Tuticanus capito	152
Quintus Baienus Blassianus	160
P. Cominius Clemens	175
Lucius Iulius Vehilius Gratus Iulianus	184/185
Cn. Marcius Rustius Rufinus	Septimius Severus
M. Aquilius Felix	Septimius Severus
Lucius Aemilius Sullectinus	202
Claudius Diognetus	206
M. Gongius Nestorianus	213/217
Aurelius Elpidephorus	221
Iulius [] ucianus	249
Vibius Seneca	after 250
Voltinius Saloninus	3rd century

Provincial fleets

Classis Alexandrina

The Classis Alexandrina was the fleet stationed in Alexandria . The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
Claudius Clemens	86

Classis Britannica

The Classis Britannica was the fleet stationed on the English Channel. The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
Marcus Maenius Agrippa Lucius Tusidius Campester	Hadrian
Lucius Aufidius Panthera	at 133/140
Quintus Baienus Blassianus	at 140

Classis Germanica

The Classis Germanica was the fleet stationed on the Rhine in the provinces Germania inferior and Germania superior . The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
Marcus Ulpius Ulpianus	150

Classis Moesica

The Classis Moesica (or Classis Flavia Moesica ) was the fleet stationed on the lower Danube in the province of Moesia inferior . The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
[] ninus	73
Tiberius Claudius Marcellus	120
Aulus Gellius Celer	127
Publius Aelius Marcianus

Classis Pannonica

The Classis Pannonica (or Classis Flavia Pannonica ) was the fleet stationed on the central Danube in the province of Pannonia Inferior . The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
[] us	98?
Macrinius regulus	146

Classis Pontica

The Classis Pontica was the fleet stationed in the Black Sea . The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
Lucius Iulius Vehilius Gratus Iulianus	173

Classis Syriaca

The Classis Syriaca was the fleet stationed in the province of Syria . The following commanders of this fleet are known:

Surname	Period
[] rus	119
Sextus Cornelius Dexter	132/136
Publius Aelius Marcianus

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b According to Werner Eck , Hans Lieb, these two positions were closely connected in the 2nd and 3rd centuries; in the case of at least 8 prefects, command of the fleet in Ravenna was also followed by command of the fleet in Misenum.
↑ ^a ^b The dating is controversial.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Werner Eck , Hans Lieb: A diploma for the Classis Ravennas from November 22, 206 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 96 (1993), pp. 75-88, here pp. 85-88 ( online ).
↑ Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl: New diplomas for the auxiliary troops in the Mösischen provinces from Vespasian to Hadrian In: Dacia , Volume 50 (2006), pp. 93-104, here pp. 95-96 ( online ).
↑ Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl: A diploma for a proreta der classis Pannonica, perhaps from the year 98 In: ZPE, Volume 191 (2014), pp. 261–265, here pp. 85–88 ( online ).
↑ Werner Eck, David MacDonald, Andreas Pangerl: New Diplomas for the Army of the Province of Syria In: Chiron , Volume 32 (2002), pp. 427–448, here pp. 430–431 ( online ).

[AN1-2] According to Werner Eck , Hans Lieb, these two positions were closely connected in the 2nd and 3rd centuries; in the case of at least 8 prefects, command of the fleet in Ravenna was also followed by command of the fleet in Misenum.

[AN2-4] The dating is controversial.

[we1-1] Werner Eck , Hans Lieb: A diploma for the Classis Ravennas from November 22, 206 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 96 (1993), pp. 75-88, here pp. 85-88 ( online ).

[we3-3] Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl: New diplomas for the auxiliary troops in the Mösischen provinces from Vespasian to Hadrian In: Dacia , Volume 50 (2006), pp. 93-104, here pp. 95-96 ( online ).

[we4-5] Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl: A diploma for a proreta der classis Pannonica, perhaps from the year 98 In: ZPE, Volume 191 (2014), pp. 261–265, here pp. 85–88 ( online ).

[we2-6] Werner Eck, David MacDonald, Andreas Pangerl: New Diplomas for the Army of the Province of Syria In: Chiron , Volume 32 (2002), pp. 427–448, here pp. 430–431 ( online ).