List of Roman governors of Africa

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Rome appointed governors of Africa from its conquest of Carthage in 146 BC until the province was lost to the Vandals in AD 439. The extent of 'Africa' varied time to time, but area/province encompassing and surrounding Carthage as a representative city of this region was always considered 'Africa' in a narrow sense.

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146–100 BC

Unless otherwise noted, names of governors in Africa and their dates are taken from T.R.S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, (New York: American Philological Association, 1951, 1986), vol. 1, and vol. 2 (1952).

Inscriptional evidence is less common for this period than for the Imperial era, and names of those who held a provincia are usually recorded by historians only during wartime or by the Fasti Triumphales . After the defeat of Carthage in 146 BC, no further assignments to Africa among the senior magistrates or promagistrates are recorded until the Jugurthine War (112–105 BC), when the command against Jugurtha in Numidia became a consular province.

90s–31 BC

During the civil wars of the 80s and 40s BC, legitimate governors are difficult to distinguish from purely military commands, as rival factions were vying for control of the province by means of force.

Reign of Augustus

1st century AD

2nd century (101–200)

3rd century (201–300)

4th century (301–400)

5th century

Notes

  1. ↑ Continued as proconsul until the arrival of Metellus in 109 BC.
  2. ↑ Continued as proconsul until the arrival of his successor Marius, whom he declined to meet for the transfer of command. He triumphed over Numidia in 106 and received his cognomen Numidicus at that time.
  3. ↑ Delegated command pro praetore when Marius returned to Rome.
  4. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 69 to 139 are taken from Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 281–362; 13 (1983), pp. 147–237
  5. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 139 to 180 are taken from Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), pp. 207–211
  6. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 180 to 217 are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989) pp. 213–220
  7. 1 2 Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 333 to 392 are taken from the list in Barnes, T.D. (1985). "Proconsuls of Africa, 337–392". Phoenix. 39 (2): 144–153. doi:10.2307/1088824. JSTOR   1088824.
  8. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 392 to 414 are taken from the list Barnes, T.D. (1983). "Late Roman Prosopography: Between Theodosius and Justinian". Phoenix. 37 (3): 248–270. doi:10.2307/1088953. JSTOR   1088953.
  9. ↑ "Ennoius" in the Codex Theodosianus and "Ennodius" in the Code of Justinian. Barnes says the latter is preferable. [23] [24]

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  12. ↑ Tacitus, Annals IV.23
  13. ↑ CIL VIII, 10568
  14. ↑ Tacitus, Annals XII.59
  15. ↑ AE 1968, 549
  16. ↑ Tacitus, Annals XI.21
  17. ↑ It is possible he was proconsul of Asia instead.
  18. ↑ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, pp. 365–367
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