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List Of Roman Governors Of Dacia Traiana
This is a list of known governors of the trans-Danubian Roman province of Dacia, referred to as Dacia Traiana. Created in AD 106 by the Roman emperor Trajan after the final defeat of Decebalus' Dacian kingdom, it was originally a single province under the name ''Dacia'', governed by a ''Legatus Augusti pro praetore''. In 118, Hadrian reorganised the province, abandoning some territory in the east and relabelling the province ''Dacia Superior''. At the same time he split ''Moesia Inferior'', with the territory north of the Danube renamed as ''Dacia Inferior''. In 123, Hadrian created a third Dacian province, ''Dacia Porolissensis'', fashioning it out of territory from the northern portion of ''Dacia Superior''. Antoninus Pius undertook the next reorganisation in 158. ''Dacia Superior'' was renamed ''Dacia Apulensis'', ''Dacia Inferior'' was transformed into ''Dacia Malvensis'', while ''Dacia Porolissensis'' remained as it was. During all these transformations, ''Dacia Superior''/'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Governor
A Roman governor was an official either elected or appointed to be the chief administrator of Roman law throughout one or more of the many provinces constituting the Roman Empire. The generic term in Roman legal language was '' Rector provinciae,'' regardless of the specific titles, which also reflects the province's intrinsic and strategic status, and corresponding differences in authority. By the time of the early Empire, two types of provinces existed—senatorial and imperial—and several types of governor would emerge. Only ''proconsuls'' and ''propraetors'' fell under the classification of promagistrate. Duties of the governor The governor was the province's chief judge. He had the sole right to impose capital punishment, and capital cases were normally tried before him. To appeal a governor's decision necessitated travelling to Rome and presenting one's case before either the ''praetor urbanus'', or even the Emperor himself, an expensive, and thus rare, process. An appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |