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Praetorian prefecture of the East

One of four territorial divisions of the Late Roman Empire

Field	Value
native_name
Ἐπαρχότης τῶν πραιτωρίων τῆς Ανατολῆς
Ἑῴα Ὑπαρχία
conventional_long_name	Praetorian prefecture of the East
common_name	Prefecture of the Orient
subdivision	Praet. Prefecture
nation	the East Roman Empire
era	Late Antiquity
capital	Constantinople
image_map	Praetorian Prefectures of the Roman Empire 395 AD.png
image_map_caption	Praetorian Prefectures of the Roman Empire (395). The Praetorian Prefecture of the East is in grey.
year_start	337
year_end	7th century
event_end	Loss of Diocese of the East and Diocese of Egypt to the Rashidun Caliphate and reorganization into themata
political_subdiv	Diocese of Thrace
Diocese of Asia
Diocese of Pontus
Diocese of the East
Diocese of Egypt

Ἐπαρχότης τῶν πραιτωρίων τῆς Ανατολῆς Ἑῴα Ὑπαρχία | Diocese of Asia Diocese of Pontus Diocese of the East Diocese of Egypt The praetorian prefecture of the East, or of the Orient (, ) 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.

Structure

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.

List of known ''praefecti praetorio Orientis''

Pompeius Probus
Ablabius (329–337/338)
Septimius Acindynus (338–340)
Philippus (344–351)
Thalassius (351–354)
Domitianus (354)
Strategius Musonianus (354–358)
Flavius Hermogenes (358–360)
Helpidius (February 360 – December 361)
Saturninius Secundus Salutius (361 until some years into the reign of Valentinian)
Nebridius
Domitius Modestus (369–377)
Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius (379)
Neoterius (380–381)
Maternus Cynegius (384–388)
Eutolmius Tatianus (388–392)
Flavius Rufinus (392, September 10 – 395, November 27)
Caesarius (1st time, 395, November 30 – 397, July 13)
Eutychianus (1st time, 397, September 4 – 399, July 25)
Aurelianus (1st time, 399, August 17 – October 2)
possibly Eutychianus (2nd time, 399, December 11 – 400, July 12)
Caesarius (2nd time, 400–403)
Eutychianus (3rd time, 404–405)
Flavius Anthemius (405–414)
Monaxius (1st time, 10 May – 30 November 414)
Aurelianus (2nd time, 414–416)
Monaxius (2nd time, 26 August 416 – 27 May 420)
Eustathius (420–422)
Asclepiodotus (423–425)
Aetius (425)
Hierius (1st time, 425–428)
Flavius Florentius (1st time, 428–430)
Antiochus Chuzon (430–431)
Rufinus (431–432)
Hierius (2nd time, 432)
Flavius Taurus (1st time, 433–434)
Anthemius Isidorus (435–436)
Darius (436–437)
Flavius Florentius (2nd time, c. 438–439)
Flavius Taurus Seleucus Cyrus (439–441)
Thomas (442)
Apollonius (442–443)
Zoilus (444)
Hermocrates (444)
Flavius Taurus (2nd time, 445)
Flavius Constantinus (first term, c. 447)
Antiochus (448)
Flavius Florentius Romanus Protogenes (448–449)
Hormisdas (449–450)
Palladius (450–455)
Flavius Constantinus (second term, 456)
Flavius Constantinus (third term, 459)
Flavius Antoninus Messala Vivianus (459–460)
Pusaeus (465)
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)
Marinus (1st time, c. 512–515)
Sergius (517)
Marinus (2nd time, 519)
Demosthenes (520–524)
Archelaus (524–527)
Basilides (c. 527)
Atarbius (c. 528)
Iulianus (530–531)
John the Cappadocian (1st time, 531–532)
Phokas (533)
John the Cappadocian (2nd time, 533–541)
Flavius Comitas Theodorus Bassus (c. 541) as John's deputy
Peter Barsymes (1st time, 543–546)
Flavius Comitas Theodorus Bassus (c. 548)
Addaeus (c. 551)
Hephaestus (551–552)
Areobindus (c. 553)
Peter Barsymes (2nd time, 555–562)
Diomedes (c. 572)
Georgius (c. 598)
Constantine Lardys (c. 602)

References

Sources

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE), Vols. I-III: (Vol. II, pp. 1250–1252;)

References

''PLRE'' I, Thalassius 1
Alan Cameron states that the first term of Aurelianus lasted until April 400
Cameron's dates for Aurelianus overlap those of Eutychianus in 400
Cameron, Alan. (1977). "Some Prefects Called Julian". Peeters Publishers.

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