List of Roman city prefects

The list of Roman city prefects includes the people who held the - mostly senatorial - office of Praefectus urbi . In the Roman Republic , the latter had the task of administering the city of Rome during the absence of the consuls ; However, it did not become more important. In order to improve the organizational structures of Rome, Emperor Augustus revived the office, whose holders had extensive powers, especially in the area of jurisdiction, for the duration of the principle . In late antiquity, the praefectus urbi was second in the list of the Viri illustres and was often an advocate of paganism due to its roots in the senatorial class. Up to the year 353 a list of the city prefects has been preserved in the chronograph of 354 ; however, the office itself continued well into the Middle Ages, when it degenerated into a mere title and disappeared with the extinction of the Lords of Vico in 1435.

Roman Republic (509-45 BC)

Year (s) (data before Chr.)	Surname	Consul in the year (data BC)
509	Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus	509
499, 496	Aulus Sempronius Atratinus	497, 491
494	Titus Larcius Flavus (unsure)	501, 498
487	Spurius Larcius (Flavus)	506, 490
465	Q. Servilius (Structus? Priscus)	468, 466
464	L. Valerius Potitus	483, 470
462	Quintus Fabius Vibulanus	467, 465, 459
459	L. Lucretius (Tricipitinus)	462
458	Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (again)	467, 465, 459
325	L. Papirius Crassus	336, 330
47	L. Julius Caesar	64
47	C. Octavius	33, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 5, 2
45	L. Munatius Plancus	42
45	C. Clovius (possibly)

Roman Empire (36 BC – 284 AD)

Year (s)	Surname	Consul a year
26 BC Chr.	Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus	cos. 31 BC Chr.
16-13 / 10 BC Chr.	Titus Statilius Taurus	cos. 37, cos. II 26 v. Chr.
13 (17?) - 32 AD	Lucius Calpurnius Piso Pontifex	cos. 15 BC Chr.
32-33	Lucius Aelius Lamia	cos. 3
33-36	Cossus Cornelius Lentulus	cos. 1 v. Chr.
36-38 / 9	Lucius Calpurnius Piso	cos. 27
38 / 9-40 / 1	Quintus Sanquinius Maximus	cos. before 32, cos. II 39
40 / 1-56	Lucius Volusius Saturninus	cos. 3
56? -61	Lucius Pedanius Secundus	cos. 43
between 56 and 69	Titus Flavius Sabinus	cos. 47
68-69	Aulus Ducenius Geminus	cos. before 62
70? -79	Tiberius Plautius Silvanus Aelianus	cos. 45, cos. II 74
before 79 - approx. 85	(? Lucius Plo) tius Pegasus	cos. approx. 73
approx. 85 - before 89	Titus Aurelius Fulvus (?)	cos. II 85
approx. 89-91 / 2	Gaius Iulius Cordinus Gaius Rutilius Gallicus	cos. 71/2, cos. II 85
after 89 – before 96	Marcus Arrecinus Clemens	cos. 73, cos. II 83/4
approx. 104 - approx. 105?	Quintus Glitius Atilius Agricola	cos. 97, cos. II 103
approx. 105–?	Tiberius Iulius Candidus Marius Celsus	cos. 86, cos. II 105
approx. 113? –114 (before 117)	Quintus Fabius Postuminus (?)	cos. 96
after 113-117	Quintus Baebius Macer	cos. 103
approx. 121 – before 125	Marcus Annius Verus	cos. II 121, cos. III 126
before 125 – not before 134	Marcus Lollius Paullinus Decimus Valerius Asiaticus Saturninus	cos. 94, cos. II 125
approx. 134-138	Lucius Catilius Severus Iulianus Claudius Reginus	cos. 110, cos. II 120
138	Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus	cos. 110
138? -140	Gaius Bruttius Praesens Lucius Fulvius Rusticus	cos. 118/9, cos. II 138
140? -146	Sextus Erucius Clarus	cos. 117 (?), Cos. II 146
approx. 146-160	Quintus Lollius Urbicus	cos. 135?
approx. 160–167 / 8?	Quintus Junius Rusticus	cos. 133, cos. II 162
approx. 168	Lucius Sergius Paullus	cos. 151 (?), Cos. II 168
approx. 179-183	Gaius Aufidius Victorinus	cos. 155, cos. II 183
approx. 188	(Publius?) Seius Fuscianus	cos. 151 (?), Cos. II 188
188–190?	Marcus Servilius Silanus (?)	cos. 152, cos. II 188
190? –192	Publius Helvius Pertinax	cos. 175, cos. II 192
193	Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus	cos. under Marcus Aurelius
193	Cornelius Repentinus	cos. before 193 (around 188?)
193	(Vibius?) Bassus	cos. before 193
193–196?	Gaius Domitius Dexter	cos. II 196
approx. 199 – approx. 203	Publius Cornelius Anullinus	cos. II 199
202 / 3–211?	Lucius Fabius Cilo Septiminus Catinius Acilianus Lepidus Fulcinianus	cos. 193, cos. II 204
211?	Sextus Varius Marcellus (Vice Prefect, a few days)	cos. ?
211? -212?	Gaius Iulius Asper	cos. II 212
217	Marcus Oclatinius Adventus	cos. II 218
217-218 / 9	Lucius Marius Maximus Perpetuus Aurelianus	cos. 198/9, cos. II 223
219-220	Publius Valerius Comazon	cos. II 220
220 - approx. 221	(Domitius?) Leo (Procillianus?)	cos. 207 (?)
approx. 221	Publius Valerius Comazon II	cos. II 220
221? -222	Fulvius	cos. before 222
222-223	Publius Valerius Comazon III	cos. II 220
223	Severus	cos. before 223
223-224	Appius Claudius Iulianus	cos. II 224
approx. 234-237	Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus	cos. II 234
? -238	Sabinus	cos. ?
after 239 and before 254	Lucius Caesonius Lucillus Macer Rufinianus	cos. approx. 220
approx. 243	Flavius Iulius Latronianus	cos. 225/230
before 254	Decimus Simonius Proculus Iulianus	cos. 238/9
between 240 and 254	Aulus Caecina (Tacitus?)
before 254	Flavius Lollianus
254	Lucius Egnatius Victor Lollianus	cos. after 218
255	Lucius Valerius Claudius Acilius Priscilianus Maximus	cos. 233, cos. II 256
256	Nummius Albinus	cos. II 263
257	Gaius Junius Donatus	cos. II 260
258-260	Publius Cornelius Saecularis	cos. II 260
261-263	Nummius Albinus II	cos. II 263
264-266	Paternus	cos. ?
267-268	Lucius Petronius Taurus Volusianus	cos. 261
269-270	Flavius Antiochianus	cos. II 270
270 or 271?	Pomponius Bassus	cos. II 271
271	Titus Flavius Postumius Varus	cos. ?
272	Flavius Antiochianus II	cos. II 270
273-274	Virius Orfitus	cos. 270
275	Postumius Suagrus
275	Aelius Cesettianus
276-277	Ovinius Pacatianus
278-280	Virius Lupus	cos. II 278
281	Ovinius Paternus
282	Pomponius Victorianus	cos. 282 (?)
283	Titucius Roburrus
284-285	Ceionius Varus
285 (?)	Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Manlius Rufinianus Bassus	cos. 285 (?)

The city prefects to 472

Year (s)	Surname	Consul a year
286-287	Marcus Junius Maximus	cos. II 286
286/287	Fabianus
286/305	Laodicius
288-289	Pomponius Ianuarianus	cos. 288
290-291	Lucius Turranius Gratianus
291-292	Gaius Junius Tiberianus	cos. 281, cos. II 291
292-293	Claudius Marcellus
293-295	Septimius Acindynus
295-296	Tiberius Claudius Marcus Aurelius Aristobulus	cos. 285
296-297	Cassius Dio	cos. 291
297-298	Afranius Hannibalianus	cos. 292
298-299	Lucius Artorius Pius Maximus
299-300	Marcus Junius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Faustus Paulinus	cos. II 298
300-301	Pompey Appius Faustinus
301-302	Lucius Aelius Helvius Dionysius
302-303	Numius Tuscus	cos. 295
303-304	Junius Tiberianus
304?	Symphronius
304-305	Aradius Rufinus	cos. 311
305-306	Titus Flavius Postumius Titianus	cos. II 301
306-307	Annius Anullinus	cos. 295
307-308	Attius Insteius Tertullus
308-309	Statius Rufinus
309-310	Aurelius Hermogenes
310-311	Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus	cos. 311, cos. II 314
311-312	Junius Flavianus
312	Aradius Rufinus II	cos. 311
312	Annius Anullinus II	cos. 295
312-313	Aradius Rufinus III	cos. 311
313-315	Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus II	cos. 311, cos. II 314
315-316	Vettius Rufinus	cos. 316
316-317	Ovinius Gallicanus	cos. 317
317-319	Septimius Bassus
319-323	Valerius Maximus
323-325	Locrius Verinus
325-326	Acilius Severus	cos. 323
326-329	Amnius Anicius Iulianus	cos. 322
329	Publilius Optatianus signo Porphyrius
329-331	Petronius Probianus	cos. 322
331-333	Sextus Anicius Paulinus	cos. 325
333	Publilius Optatianus signo Porphyrius II
333-334	Marcus Caeionius Iulianus signo Camenius
334-335	Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus iunior signo Honorius	cos. 334
335-337	Gaius Caeionius Rufius Albinus	cos. 335
337-338	Lucius Aradius Valerius Proculus signo Populonius	cos. 340
338-339	Maecilius Hilarianus	cos. 332
339	Lucius Turcius Apronianus
339-341	Fabius Titianus	cos. 337
341-342	Aurelius Celsinus
342	Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus signo Mavortius	cos. 355
342-344	Aconius Catullinus signo Philomathius	cos. 349
344-345	Quintus Rusticus
345-346	Petronius Probinus	cos. 341
346-347	Marcus Maecius Memmius Furius Baburius Caecilianus Placidus	cos. 343
347-349	Ulpius Limenius	cos. 349
349-350	Hermogenes
350-351	Fabius Titianus II	cos. 337
351	Aurelius Celsinus II
351	Celius Probatus
351	Clodius Celsinus
351-352	Lucius Aradius Valerius Proculus signo Populonius	cos. 340
352	Septimius Mnasea
352-353	Naeratius Cerealis	cos. 358
between 403 and 407	Flavius Peregrinus Saturninus
between 410 / 421-423	Junius Valerius Bellicius
468-468 / 469	Sidonius Apollinaris
between 469 and 471	Flavius Eugenius Asellus
471–472 (?)	Flavius Messius Phoebus Severus	470

literature

T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC-100 BC ; Vol. 2: 99 BC-31 BC Published by the American Philological Association, New York 1951/52 (on the Roman Republic).
Katharina Wojciech: The city prefecture in principle (= Antiquitas . Series 1, Volume 57). Dr. Rudolf Habelt, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-7749-3690-4 (also dissertation, University of Cologne 2008; during the imperial era up to the year 289).
André Chastagnol : Les fastes de la Préfecture de Rome au Bas-Empire (= Études prosopographiques. Volume 2). Nouvelles Editions Latines, Paris 1962.

Remarks

^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC-100 BC ; Vol. 2: 99 BC-31 BC Published by the American Philological Association, New York 1951/52, p. 313.
↑ Possibly fictitious, as it is not recorded in the chronograph of 354, but only in the Vita des Tacitus of the Historia Augusta , which is usually regarded as quite unreliable (Vita des Tacitus, 7.2).

[1] T. Robert S. Broughton : The magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC-100 BC ; Vol. 2: 99 BC-31 BC Published by the American Philological Association, New York 1951/52, p. 313.

[2] Possibly fictitious, as it is not recorded in the chronograph of 354, but only in the Vita des Tacitus of the Historia Augusta , which is usually regarded as quite unreliable (Vita des Tacitus, 7.2).