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A Collector of Prefectures
Pierfrancesco Porena
其他書名
The Inexorable Rise of Sextus Petronius Probus
出版Le Monnier Università, 2023
主題History / Ancient / GeneralHistory / Europe / Italy
ISBN88008641719788800864176
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ajdb0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"In order to overcome the immense size of the late Roman Empire, the Emperor Constantine (306-337) divided it into several regional praetorian prefectures. Comprising Gaul, Italy, Illyricum, Africa and the East, these vast administrative zones were governed for short periods by praetorian prefects who were based outside the imperial palace. In the 4th century the prefecture of Illyricum lay at the heart of the empire's defense. The latter was placed under considerable strain in the period 368-388, when the Goths crossed the Danube and Gaul was usurped. During these twenty difficult years, Valentinian I and his sons Gratian and Valentinian II relied on the effective but questionable administration of the praetorian prefect Sextus Petronius Probus. A man adored by his clients and hated by almost everyone else, the powerful senator not only dominated the political scene, he also succeeded in doing something quite unprecedented - holding the praetorian prefect four times"--cover flap.