单词 | praetorian prefect |
释义 | > as lemmasPraetorian Prefect Praetorian Prefect n. [after classical Latin praefectus praetorii] Roman History the commander of the Praetorian Guard; the governor of any of the four divisions of the Roman Empire. ΚΠ 1623 W. Traheron & E. Grimeston tr. P. Mexia Imperiall Hist. 79 Cornelius Lacus..whom he made Pretorian Prefect, which was the greatest dignitie and authoritie next to the Emperours. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vi. 138 The death of Papinian, the Prætorian præfect, was lamented as a public calamity. 1887 Dict. National Biogr. IX. 35/2 Two squadrons, one..at Boulogne, the other, at the mouth of the Seine, under the command of the prætorian præfect, Asclepiodotus. 1937 Oxf. Compan. Classical Lit. 344/1 Thus we find that the father of St. Ambrose..was Praetorian Prefect of the Gauls. 2004 Hist. Today Feb. 2 It was the job of Materno Cinegio, Praetorian Prefect, to implement the religious policy of the now Christian Roman empire. < as lemmas |
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