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The
praetorian prefecture of the Gauls (for example the provinces of
Gaul, in
Latin:
praefectura praetorio Galliarum) was one of four large
praetorian prefectures into which the Late
Roman Empire was divided.
History
The prefecture was established after the death of
Constantine the Great in 337, when the empire was split up among his sons and
Constantine II received the rule of the western provinces, with a
praetorian prefect as his chief aide. The prefecture comprised not only
Gaul but also
Upper and
Lower Germany,
Roman Britain,
Spain and
Mauretania Tingitana in Africa. Its territory overlapped considerably with that once controlled by the short-lived
Gallic Empire in the 260s. After the permanent partition of the Empire in 395, it fell to the
Western Roman Empire.
Augusta Treverorum (present-day
Trier in
Germany) served as the prefecture's seat until 407 (or, according to other estimates, in 395), when it was transferred to
Arelate (
Arles). The prefecture continued to function until 477, when the last areas under its control were seized by the
Visigoths after
the abolishment of the Western imperial government of
Ravenna in the previous year. In 510, the
Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great re-established the prefecture in the small part of Gaul (the
Provence) that he'd just conquered, with capital again at Arelate. This prefecture lasted until the area was conquered by the
Franks in 536, while the
Ostrogoths were occupied by the
East Roman invasion of Italy.
List of known praefecti praetorio Galliarum
- Ambrosius (340)
- Aconius Catullinus (341, uncertain whether he was prefect of Gaul)
- Fabius Titianus (342-350)
- Vulcacius Rufinus (353-354)
- Caius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus (354-355)
- Honoratus (355-357)
- Flavius Florentius (ca. 357-360)
- Nebridius (360-361)
- Decimius Germaniacus (361)
- Flavius Claudius Antonius (376-377)
- Ausonius (377-378, co-prefect from 376)
- Hesperius (378-380)
- Flavius Manlius Theodorus (382-383)
- Evodius (ca. 384-386)
- Constantius (389)
- Flavius Vincentius (396-401)
- Andromachus (ca. 401)
- Claudius Posthumus Dardanus (1st term, ca. 402)
- Romulianus (404-405)
- Petronius (402-408) - seat of the prefecture moved to Arelate in 407
- Limenius (408) - assassinated at Ticinum (Pavia)
- Apollinaris (408)
- Decimus Rusticus (409-411)
- Claudius Posthumus Dardanus (2nd term, 412-413)
- Vicentius (413)
- Iulius (ca. 414)
- Agricola (416-418)
- Exsuperantius (421-424)
- Amatus (ca. 425)
- Flavius Aetius (426-ca. 427)
- Auxiliaris (435-437)
- Avitus (ca. 439)
- Florentius (439)
- Albinus (440)
- Marcellus (ca. 441-445)
- Tonantius Ferreolus (450/451-453)
- Priscus Valerianus (before 456)
- Paeonius (456-458)
- Magnus (459-460)
- Arvandus (464-469)
- Magnus Felix (ca. 470)
- Entropius (ca. 471)
- Polemius (475-after 477) - the last remnants of the prefecture in the Provence were conquered by the Visigoths
- Petrus Marcellinus Felix Liberius (510-536) - Prefect under Ostrogothic rule
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