This is a list of
urban prefects or eparchs of
Constantinople
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. The Prefect or Eparch (in el, ) was one of the oldest and longest-lived offices of the
East Roman (Byzantine) Empire, being created in 359 and surviving relatively unaltered until the
Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem, by first defeating the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid S ...
. The Eparch was one of the most important officials of the Empire, and exercised full control over all aspects of the administration of Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire's capital. In the
Palaiologan period
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople by the usurper Michael VIII Palaiologos following its recapture from the Latin Empire, founded ...
(1261–1453) the title was still awarded, but the office was replaced by several ''kephalatikeuontes'' (sing. ''kephalatikeuon'', κεφαλατικεύων, "headsman"), who each oversaw a district, effectively a separate village within the now much less populous capital.
4th century
Proconsuls of Constantinople (until 359)
* Alexander (342)
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Ulpius Limenius Ulpius Limenius (died 8 April AD 349) was a Roman politician who was appointed consul in AD 349.
Biography
Presumably a member of the Nobiles and a member of the eastern Senate, Limenius was appointed Proconsul of Constantinople in AD 342. He was ...
(342)
* Donatius (c. 343)
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Montius Magnus Montius Magnus (flourished 4th century AD, died 354) was a Roman politician.
Little is known of his origins, although he may have originated in Africa.Martindale, Jones & Morris (1971), pp. 535–536 At some point before 351 he served as a proconsu ...
(before 351)
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Strategius Musonianus Strategius Musonianus (died c. 370) was a Roman senator who served in various civilian offices from the reign of Constantine I through to Constantius II.
Originally called Strategius, he received the nickname Musonianus from the emperor Constantine ...
(before 353)
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Anatolius Anatolius is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Anatolius of Laodicea (died 283), Bishop of Laodicea in Syria, also known as Anatolius of Alexandria
* Anatolius, Vicarius of the Diocese of Asia in 35 ...
(354)
* Iustinus (355)
* Photius (355/356)
* Araxius (356)
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Themistius
Themistius ( grc-gre, Θεμίστιος ; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades, (eloquent), was a statesman, rhetorician, and philosopher. He flourished in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian, Jovian, Valens, Gratian, and Theodosius I; and ...
(358–359)
Prefects of Constantinople (from 359)
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Honoratus
Honoratus (french: Saint Honorat; c. 350 – 6 January 429) was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Life
Honoratus was born in the ...
(359–361)
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Domitius Modestus
Domitius Modestus (''floruit'' 358–377) was a politician of the Roman Empire. He held appointments under the emperors Constantius II, Julian, and Valens, and was consul in 372. Previously a pagan, he converted to Arianism under Valens, and was ...
(362–363)
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Jovius
Paolo Giovio (also spelled ''Paulo Jovio''; Latin: ''Paulus Jovius''; 19 April 1483 – 11 December 1552) was an Italian physician, historian, biographer, and prelate.
Early life
Little is known about Giovio's youth. He was a native of Com ...
(364)
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Caesarius (365)
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Phronimius (365–366)
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Clearchus The name Clearchus or Clearch may refer to:
* Clearchus of Athens, Greek comic poet
* Clearchus of Heraclea (c. 401 BCE – 353 BCE), Greek tyrant of Heraclea Pontica
* Clearchus of Rhegium, Greek sculptor, pupil of Eucheirus, teacher of Pythagoras ...
(372–373; first term)
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Vindaonius Magnus (375–376)
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Restitutus
Restitutus () was a Romano-British bishop, probably from Londinium (London), one of the British delegation who attended the church synod or Council held at Arles (Arelate), in Gaul, in AD 314.
The list of those who signed the ''Acta'', the decis ...
(380)
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Pancratius (381–382)
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Sophronius (382?)
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Clearchus The name Clearchus or Clearch may refer to:
* Clearchus of Athens, Greek comic poet
* Clearchus of Heraclea (c. 401 BCE – 353 BCE), Greek tyrant of Heraclea Pontica
* Clearchus of Rhegium, Greek sculptor, pupil of Eucheirus, teacher of Pythagoras ...
(382–384; second term)
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Themistius
Themistius ( grc-gre, Θεμίστιος ; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades, (eloquent), was a statesman, rhetorician, and philosopher. He flourished in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian, Jovian, Valens, Gratian, and Theodosius I; and ...
(384)
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Palladius (382/408)
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Theodorus (385/387)
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Nebridius
:''"Nebridius" was also the name of a close friend of Augustine of Hippo, who is mentioned in his letters.''
Saint Nebridius ( ca, Nebridi, es, Nebridio) was bishop of Egara (Terrassa) (516–527) and then bishop of Barcelona from 540 to around ...
(386)
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Clementinus (386/387)
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Proculus
Proculus (died c. 281) was a Roman usurper, one of the "minor pretenders" according to ''Historia Augusta'', who would have taken the purple against Emperor Probus in 280. This is now disputed.
Probably Proculus had family connection with the Fr ...
(388–392)
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Aristaenetus
Aristaenetus ( el, Ἀρισταίνητος) was an ancient Greek epistolographer who flourished in the 5th or 6th century. Under his name, two books of love stories, in the form of letters, are extant; the subjects are borrowed from the eroti ...
(392)
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Aurelianus (393–394)
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Honoratus
Honoratus (french: Saint Honorat; c. 350 – 6 January 429) was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Life
Honoratus was born in the ...
(394?)
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Theodotus (395)
* Claudius (396)
* Africanus (396–397)
* Romulianus (398)
* Severinus (398–399)
5th century
* Clearchus (400–402)
* Simplicius (403)
* Paianius (404)
* Studius (404)
* Optatus (404–405)
* Gemellus (404/408)
* Aemilianus (406)
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Monaxius Flavius Monaxius (''floruit'' 408–420) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, ''praefectus urbi'' of Constantinople, Consul and twice praetorian prefect of the East.
Biography
From 17 January 408 to 26 April 409 he was ''praefectus urbi' ...
(17 January 408 – 26 April 409)
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Anthemius Isidorus
Flavius Anthemius Isidorus ( 410–436) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, the maternal uncle of the Western emperor Anthemius. Biography
A native of Egypt, Isidorus, the name by which he is known in almost all sources, was the son of ...
(4 September 410 – 20 October 412)
* Priscianus (413)
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Ursus
Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to:
Animals
* ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears
People
* Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist
* Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop
* Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr
* Ursus (''praefectus ...
(415–416)
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Aetius (419)
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Florentius (422)
* Severinus (423–424)
* Constantius (424–425)
* Theophilus (425–426)
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Cyrus of Panopolis
Flavius Taurus Seleucus Cyrus ( 426–441), better known as Cyrus of Panopolis ( el, ) from his birthplace of Panopolis in Egypt, was a senior East Roman official, epic poet, philosopher and a lover of Greek arts. He lived in Constantinople duri ...
(426)
* Neuthius
* Proculus (428)
* Heliodorus (432)
* Leontius (434–435)
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Cyrus of Panopolis
Flavius Taurus Seleucus Cyrus ( 426–441), better known as Cyrus of Panopolis ( el, ) from his birthplace of Panopolis in Egypt, was a senior East Roman official, epic poet, philosopher and a lover of Greek arts. He lived in Constantinople duri ...
(439–441)
* Iustinianus (474)
[Attested by a law issued on March 16 and preserved in ''Codex Justiniani'' II 7.16a. "Iustinianus 4", '']Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
''Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'' (abbreviated as ''PLRE'') is a work of Roman prosopography published in a set of three volumes collectively describing many of the people attested to have lived in the Roman Empire from AD 260, the date ...
'', Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, , p. 645.
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Adamantius (474–479)
6th century
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Aristomachus (c. 583)
7th century
* Kosmas (c. 608)
8th century
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Daniel of Sinope (c. 713/4)
* Prokopios (766)
9th century
* Marianos (c. 850)
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Niketas Ooryphas
Niketas Oryphas or Oöryphas ( el, or , fl. 860–873). was a distinguished Byzantine official, ''patrikios'',. and admiral under the Byzantine emperors Michael III (r. 842–867) and Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867–886), who achieved several ...
(860)
* Basil (862–866)
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Constantine Myares (866)
* Paul (c. 869)
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Constantine Kapnogenes (under Basil I)
* Marianos (under Leo VI)
* John (late 9th century)
* Philotheos under Leo VI
* Michael (turn of 9th/10th century)
10th century
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Theophilos Erotikos
Theophilos Erotikos ( el, ) was an 11th-century Byzantine general, and governor in Serbia and Cyprus, where he led a short-lived rebellion in 1042.
Biography Serbian revolts
Around 1034, according to John Skylitzes, the Serbs renounced Byzantine ...
(?–945)
* Constantine the ''protospatharios'' (945–?)
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Theodore Daphnopates Theodore Daphnopates ( el, Θεόδωρος Δαφνοπάτης) was a senior Byzantine official and author. He served as imperial secretary, and possibly ''protasekretis'', under three emperors, Romanos I Lekapenos, Constantine VII Porphyrogennet ...
12th century
* Basil (c. 1106)
* John Taronites (c. 1107)
* John Taronites (c. 1147)
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Andronikos Kamateros Andronikos Doukas Kamateros ( el, ) was a Byzantine aristocrat, senior official under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and theologian, best known for his theological treatise ''Sacred Arsenal''.
Family and career
Born probably around 1110, Andronikos Ka ...
(c. 1156)
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John Kamateros Doukas (c. 1181)
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Theodore Pantechnes (1181/2)
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Constantine Tornikes (c. 1198/1199)
13th century
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Latin Occupation (1204–1261)
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Constantine Chadenos Constantine Chadenos ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Χαδηνὸς) was a senior Byzantine official active in the third quarter of the 13th century.
He is first mentioned in 1258, when he was sent by Emperor Theodore II Laskaris (reigned 1254–5 ...
(under Michael VIII)
14th century
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Theodore Synadenos
Theodore Komnenos Doukas Palaiologos Synadenos ( el, Θεόδωρος Κομνηνός Δούκας Παλαιολόγος Συναδηνός,. ca. 1277 – ca. 1346), usually simply Theodore Synadenos, was a Byzantine magnate, senior official a ...
(1328–1330/31)
Notes
Sources
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The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
''Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'' (abbreviated as ''PLRE'') is a work of Roman prosopography published in a set of three volumes collectively describing many of the people attested to have lived in the Roman Empire from AD 260, the date ...
, Volume III: AD 527–641 , year=1992 , publisher=Cambridge University Press , isbn=0-521-20160-8
Urban Prefects