Praetorian prefecture of the East
The praetorian prefecture of the East, or of the Orient (Latin: praefectura praetorio Orientis, Greek: ἐπαρχότης/ὑπαρχία τῶν πραιτωρίων τῆς ἀνατολῆς) was one of four large praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. As it comprised the larger part of the Eastern Roman Empire, and its seat was at Constantinople, the praetorian prefect was the second most powerful man in the East, after the Emperor, in essence serving as his first minister.
Praetorian prefecture of the EastPraefectura praetorio Orientis
Ἐπαρχότης τῶν πραιτωρίων τῆς Ανατολῆς
Ἑῴα Ὑπαρχία
Ἐπαρχότης τῶν πραιτωρίων τῆς Ανατολῆς
Ἑῴα Ὑπαρχία
Late Antiquity
337
7th century
Structure[edit]
The Prefecture was established after the death of Constantine the Great in 337, when the empire was split up among his sons and Constantius II received the rule of the East, with a praetorian prefect as his chief aide. The part allotted to Constantius encompassed four (later five) dioceses, each in turn comprising several provinces. The authority of the prefecture stretched from the Eastern Balkans, grouped into the Diocese of Thrace, to Asia Minor, divided into the dioceses of Asiana and Pontus, and the Middle East, with the dioceses of Orient and Egypt.[1]
Pompeius Probus
(329-337/338)
Ablabius
(338–340)
Septimius Acindynus
(344–351)
Philippus
Thalassius (351 - 354)
[2]
Domitianus (354)
(354–358)
Strategius Musonianus
(358-360)
Flavius Hermogenes
Helpidius (360)
(361 until some years into the reign of Valentinian)
Saturninius Secundus Salutius
Nebridius
(369–377)
Domitius Modestus
(379)
Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius
(380-381)
Neoterius
(384–388)
Maternus Cynegius
(388–392)
Eutolmius Tatianus
(392, September 10 – 395, November 27)
Flavius Rufinus
(1st time, 395, November 30 – 397, July 13)
Caesarius
(1st time, 397, September 4 – 399, July 25)
Eutychianus
(2nd time, 400–403)
Caesarius
(3rd time, 404–405)
Eutychianus
(405–414)
Flavius Anthemius
(1st time, 10 May – 30 November 414)
Monaxius
(2nd time, 414–416)
Aurelianus
(2nd time, 26 August 416 – 27 May 420)
Monaxius
(420–422)
Eustathius
(423–425)
Asclepiodotus
(425)
Aetius
(1st time, 425–428)
Hierius
(1st time, 428–430)
Flavius Florentius
(430–431)
Antiochus Chuzon
(431–432)
Rufinus
(2nd time, 432)
Hierius
(1st time, 433–434)
Flavius Taurus
(435–436)
Anthemius Isidorus
(436–437)
Darius
(2nd time, c. 438–439)
Flavius Florentius
(439–441)
Flavius Taurus Seleucus Cyrus
Thomas (442)
(442–443)
Apollonius
Zoilus (444)
(444)
Hermocrates
(2nd time, 445)
Flavius Taurus
(first term, c. 447)
Flavius Constantinus
Antiochus (448)
(448–449)
Flavius Florentius Romanus Protogenes
Hormisdas (449–450)
Palladius (450–455)
(second term, 456)
Flavius Constantinus
(third term, 459)
Flavius Constantinus
(459–460)
Flavius Antoninus Messala Vivianus
(465)
Pusaeus
Amasius (c. 469)
Matronianus (491)
Hierius (494–496)
Euphemius (496)
Polycarpus (498)
Constantine (1st time, 502)
Appion (503)
Leontius (503–504)
Constantine (2nd time, 505)
Eustathius (505–506)
Zoticus (511–512)
(1st time, c. 512–515)
Marinus
Sergius (517)
(2nd time, 519)
Marinus
Demosthenes (520–524)
Archelaus (524–527)
(c. 527)
Basilides
Atarbius (c. 528)
Iulianus (530–531)
(1st time, 531–532)
John the Cappadocian
Phokas (533)
(2nd time, 533–541)
John the Cappadocian
Flavius Comitas Theodorus Bassus (c. 541) as John's deputy
(1st time, 543–546)
Peter Barsymes
Flavius Comitas Theodorus Bassus (c. 548)
(c. 551)
Addaeus
(551–552)
Hephaestus
Areobindus (c. 553)
(2nd time, 555–562)
Peter Barsymes
Diomedes (c. 572)
Georgius (c. 598)
(c. 602)
Constantine Lardys
The (PLRE), Vols. I-III: (Vol. II, pp. 1250–1252;)
Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
Palme, Bernhard (2007). . Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700. Cambridge University Press. pp. 244–270. ISBN 9780521871372.