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Praefectus
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('Superior, head', from praeficere; his office or area of responsibility = praefectura). The praefectus is the Roman funct…

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Eck, Werner (Cologne), “Praefectus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1006960>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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