Praetorian prefect
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 96 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5114-6352-0
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Praetorian prefect (Latin: praefectus praetorio, Greek: ???????/??????? ??? ??????????) was the title of a high office in the Roman Empire. Originating as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the office gradually acquired extensive legal and administrative functions, with its holders becoming the Emperor's chief aides. Under Constantine I, the office was much reduced in power and transformed into a purely civilian administrative post, while under his successors, territorially-defined praetorian prefectures emerged as the highest-level administrative division of the Empire. The prefects again functioned as the chief ministers of the state, with many laws addressed to them by name. In this role, praetorian prefects continued to be appointed until the reign of Heraclius, when wide-ranging reforms reduced its power and converted it to a mere overseer of provincial administration. The last traces of the prefect disappeared in the Byzantine...