Sergius was vaguely conscious that he had seen the praefect cloven through the head by the short, swordlike Numidian knife, his own horse seemed to collapse under him, and that was the end.
The praefect noted his hesitation, and a slight frown chased the smile from his lips.
The campaign was opened by a bold and successful enterprise of the praefect Heraclius.
Arcadius was easily persuaded to resent the supposed insult; and the praefect of the East resolved to execute in person the cruel vengeance, which he meditated against this ungrateful delegate of his power.
The conduct of this important business was intrusted to the eloquent Symmachus, [14] a wealthy and noble senator, who united the sacred characters of pontiff and augur with the civil dignities of proconsul of Africa and praefect of the city.
His merit was rewarded by the favor of the prince and senate: he thrice exercised the office of Praetorian praefect of Italy; he was twice invested with the consulship, and he obtained the rank of patrician.
The same fate awaits the praefect of the squadron, as well as his rear-rank man, if they fail to give the necessary order at the proper time, the latter to the patrols, and the former to the praefect of the next squadron.
The first Praefect of cavalry in each legion, early in the morning, orders one of his rear-rank men to give notice before breakfast to four young men of his squadron who are to go the rounds.
At evening this same man’s duty is to give notice to the Praefect of the next squadron that it is his turn to provide for going the rounds until next morning.
Bassian was the son of Sergius, praefect of Syracuse, a heathen.
Five hundred monks of Nitria, inflamed by a furious partisanship, entered the city and reviled the praefect as a pagan.
Trigguilla, 'Regiae Praepositus Domus,' was he the Praetorian Praefect whose misgovernment is denounced, viii.
Sidenote: The Praetorian Praefectas Judge of Appeal.
It is possible that the Praefectmay have continued to hold office down to the capture of Ravenna in May, 540, which made Witigis a prisoner, and seemed to bring the Ostrogothic monarchy to an end.
You have not complained to us in vain that the Praetorian Praefect [perhaps again Faustus] is venting a private grudge against you under colour of the discharge of his public duty.
Of the time for rising up from their retreat and of falling upon the enemy he informed Tiberius Claudius Asellus, a military tribune, and Publius Claudius, praefect of the allies, whom he sent with them.
Carthalo, the praefect of the Carthaginian garrison, while coming to the consul unarmed, to put him in mind of a connexion of hospitality which subsisted between their fathers, was put to death by a soldier who met him.
This letter fell into the hands of the Praefect of Rome, who intercepted it, and wrote in his own name and that of the people a contrary prayer, begging the Emperor Maurice to sanction and give authority to their choice.
They met the young Cavaliers, foremost of whom was Pietro of Agapito di Colonna who had beenPraefect of Marseilles, and a priest.
He had put an Orsini at the head of his troops against the Praefect Giovanni di Vico.
The only one of the nobles who had not yielded at least a pretence of submission was Giovanni di Vico, of the family of the Gaetani, who had held the office of Praefect of Rome, and was Lord of Viterbo.
A dancer was made praefect of the city, a charioteer praefect of the watch, a barber praefect of the provisions.
The report was soon diffused through the province; and when the man was sent in chains to Rome, he still asserted, in the presence of the praefect of the city, the faith of his prophecy.
The attack was at length made by the principal squadron, which, under the command of the praefect Asclepiodatus, an officer of distinguished merit, had been assembled in the north of the Seine.
Three persons only assisted at this important conference, the minister Apharban, the praefect of the guards, and an officer who had commanded on the Armenian frontier.
The first praefect who enjoyed and abused this immense power was Plautianus, the favorite minister of Severus.
It appears from the Fasti, that Aristobulus remained praefect of the city, and that he ended with Diocletian the consulship which he had commenced with Carinus.
A Roman praefect was seated on the splendid throne of the Ptolemies; and the iron sceptre of the Mamelukes is now in the hands of a Turkish pacha.
When the army had elected Philip, who was Praetorian praefect to the third Gordian, the latter demanded that he might remain sole emperor; he was unable to obtain it.
The camp was without a leader, for even the praefect Laetus, who had excited the tempest, prudently declined the public indignation.
They fixed on Pertinax, praefect of the city, an ancient senator of consular rank, whose conspicuous merit had broke through the obscurity of his birth, and raised him to the first honors of the state.
Guizot denies that Lampridius means Cleander as praefect a pugione.
Had you not invited the Praefect who has been, you would not have seen the nephew who is, and who came in at the supper to call his uncle away.
Flavius Sabinus is praefect of the city, and he is the elder brother of Vespasian.
The household guard are assaulting the Capitol and have indeed set fire to the houses below, I doubt if the Praefect can hold out till Primus arrives.
You know that the Praefect of Rome who supped at your house the other day is besieged in the Capitol.
That same day also, Domitian received the title of Caesar, and was made Prince of the Youths, and Praefect of Rome in the place of his uncle, who had been murdered.
I am so pleased to see you," said Longa Duilia, stepping forward to receive the Praefect of Rome, to her little supper.
Some of the soldiers, with the praefect Norbanus, came on running, whilst the other, Petronius Secundus, endeavored by his authority to restrain the rest.
He being praefect of a troop of horse, having previously weighed over the matter with himself, and having informed Gracchus of what he was preparing, dressed himself in a Spanish military cloak, and mixed with the enemy's foragers.
They resolved to send a praefectannually from Rome to administer justice.
During the following day they remained quiet, to afford time for the praefect to inspect the youth of Apollonia, together with the arms and resources of the city.
Cornelius held the quaestorship one year, was a praefect the next, and later a regularly elected duovir; that L.
Petronius Rufus who is praefect for Drusus Caesar is the same as the Petronius Rufus who in another place is duovir.
But no inscription mentions a praefect and here under the circumstances the argumentum ex silentio is of real constructive value, and constitutes circumstantial evidence of great weight.
Nasellius Sabinus of Beneventum[301] has the title Augustalis duovir quinquennalis, and no other title but that of praefect of a cohort.
Pompilius Cerialis,[297] who seems to have held only one other office, that ofpraefect to Drusus Caesar in an army legion, was duovir iure dicundo quinquennalis in Volaterrae.
A man with the cognomen Sedatus is quaestor in one year, and without holding other office is madepraefect to the sons of Germanicus, Nero and Drusus, who were nominated quinquennales two years later.
Cominius Bassus is made quinquennalis by order of the senate, and also made praefect for Germanicus and Drusus Caesar in their quinquennial year.
Alexandria might have been relieved by a naval force, but the archbishop and the praefect embarked for Cyprus; and Chosroes entered the second city of the empire, which still preserved a wealthy remnant of industry and commerce.
Liberius was promoted to the office of Praetorian praefect for his unshaken fidelity to the unfortunate cause of Odoacer.
Orestes complained; but his just complaints were too quickly forgotten by the ministers of Theodosius, and too deeply remembered by a priest who affected to pardon, and continued to hate, the praefect of Egypt.
The senators themselves, fearful and suspicious, were convened at the ninth hour; and the praefect received their commands to visit every quarter of the city, and proclaim a general illumination for the recovery of the emperor's health.
A rumor was spread among the Christians, that the daughter of Theon was the only obstacle to the reconciliation of the praefect and the archbishop; and that obstacle was speedily removed.
This diminution of the office of the praefect destroyed the emoluments of his subordinate officers, and Lydus not only drew no revenue from his dignity, but expended upon it all the gains of his former services.
But the Praetorian praefect had gradually been deprived of his powers and his honors.
Special permission from the city praefect was necessary in order to examine them.
His advisers were men like the famous jurist Ulpian, the historian Dio Cassius and a select board of sixteen senators; a municipal council of fourteen assisted the city praefect in administering the affairs of the fourteen districts of Rome.
After the time of the Decemvirs the name of the office was changed to praefect of the city (praefectus urbi), its powers were enlarged, and it was made elective by the new comitia centuriata.
But the Praefect of the Court looked after the administration of the kingdom and all that had to be done or arranged at home or abroad.
The Praefect Quintianus, hearing of the conversion of Fusca, sent for her, together with her nurse, and having scourged her, ordered the executioner to run her through with his spear.
Porphyrius, praefect of Rome, having made the circuit of the country, came to Pavia, holding inquisition upon the Christians and other reputed disturbers of the Commonwealth.
For surely Blanca had told her that Dion and Nolus had laid the praefect of Rome on an improvised couch in the chamber beside the studio, and that the praefect was helpless and weak with pain and loss of blood.
The crowd who had gathered round the rostrum to watch, gaping, the moving incident, looked on the praefect and understood no one was to bid for Nola, the daughter of Menecreta.
The very name of the ex-praefect of Rome was already forgotten.
They had exchanged greetings with the praefect and with Hortensius Martius.
They call for the praefect of Rome and the praefectis dead.
The praefect walked on, heedless of his surroundings.
Certain it is that when the sale of Arminius' goods was ordered by imperial edict for the benefit of the State, no one complained that the praefect decided to preside over the sale himself.
And there was the praefect too, all-powerful in the matter.
The praefect had at last with the vigorous help of his lictors managed to push his way through the crowd.
There is no cook from Gaul on the list," interposed the praefect curtly.
Thy name is Folces, I am told," she began graciously, "and thou art of the household of the praefect of Rome?
He had not yet made up his mind whether friendship or enmity with the praefectof Rome would be to his own advantage.
The news that Nymphidius Sabinus, the praefect of the praetorians, had declared in his favour revived Galba's spirits.
In political life Gallus espoused the cause of Octavianus, and as a reward for his services was made praefect of Egypt (Suetonius, Augustus, 66).
That of his favourite Perennis, praefect of the praetorian guard, was discovered in time.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "praefect" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
