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Augustal prefect

Also known as praefectus augustalis

The Augustal prefect (praefectus augustalis) was the title of the governor of Egypt in the late Roman Empire. When a separate diocese of Egypt was created, probably around 381, its head took this title and ranked above the governors of the smaller Egyptian provinces. The office survived in reduced form after Justinian's reforms until the Arab conquest in the 640s.

Augustal prefect
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