List of Roman governors of Mauretania Caesariensis

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This is a list of known governors of Mauretania Caesariensis. It was one of the imperial provinces, governed by an appointee of the emperor, in this case a member of the equites . Some governors of Mauretania Caesariensis were also assigned to govern the neighboring province of Mauretania Tingitana; their names appear in bold.

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Prefects of Mauretania Caesariensis
DatePrefect
43 - 48 Marcus Fadius Celer Flavianus Maximus [1]
69 Lucceius Albinus [2]
(procurator Augusti pro legato)
c. 73 - 75 Sextus Sentius Caecilianus [3]
( legatus Augusti pro praetore ordinandae utriusque Mauretaniae )
c. 107 Titus Caesernius Statius Quinctius Macedo [4]
(procurator Augusti)
120 ? - 122 Lucius Seius Avitus [5]
(procurator Augusti pro legato)
between 128 and 131[V]ettius Latro [6]
c. 131...]ganius Maximus [7]
(procurator Augusti)
c. 137 Gaius Petronius Celer [8]
(procurator Augusti)
143 ? - 145 ? Titus Flavius Priscus Gallonius Fronto Quintus Marcius Turbo [9]
(procurator Augusti pro legato)
150Porcius Vetustinus [10]
c. 152 Titus Varius Clemens [11]
165 - 168 Sextus Baius Pudens [12]
(procurator Augustorum)
173 ? - 176 ? Tiberius Claudius Priscianus [13]
(procurator Augusti)
after 176 Publius Aelius Crispinus [14]
(procurator Augustorum pro legato)
between 184 and 191 Claudius Perpetuus [15]
(procurator Augusti)
c. 194/195 Gnaeus Nunnius Martial [16]
(procurator Augusti)
196 ? - 197 ? Lucius Alfenus Senecio [17]
(procurator Augusti)
200 - 203 ? Gnaeus Haius Diadumenianus [18]
(procurator Augustorum pro legato utrarumque Mauritaniarum Tingitanae et Caesariensis)
205 - 207 Quintus Sallustius Macrinianus [19]
(procurator Augustorum pro legato utrarumque Mauritaniarum Tingitanae et Caesariensis)
between 209 and 211 Gaius Octavius Pudens Caesius Honoratus [20]
( procurator Augustorum )
between 200 and 212 Gaius Julius Pacatianus [21]
(procurator Augusti pro legato)
212 - 214 ? Quintus Munatius Celsus [22]
( praeses )
c. 216 Marcus Antonius Sabinus [23]
(procurator)
217/218 Claudius Pyrrhus [24] [25]
(procurator)
c. 218 - after 222 Titus Aelius Decrianus [26]
(procurator Augusti)
c. 221 Julius Cestillus [27]
(procurator Augusti)
217 ? - before 231
or after 250
Marcus Aurelius Zeno Januarius [28]
(procurator Augusti praeses)
between 221 and 223
or between 230 and 232
Gaius Julius Maximinus  ? [29]
(procurator Augusti praepositus limitis)
c. 227 Titus Licinius Hierocletes [30]
(procurator Augusti praeses provinciae)
between 222 and 235 Publius Flavius Clemens [31]
(procurator Augusti)
233 ? - 236 Publius Sallustius Sempronius Victor [32]
(procurator Augusti)
236 - 238 ? Publius Aelius Vitalianus [33]
(procurator Augusti)
Quintus Valerius [34]
(procurator Augusti)
238 ? - c. 244 Faltonius Restitutianus [35]
(praeses)
c. 244 - 249 ? Lucius Catellius Livianus [36]
(procurator Augusti)
between 247 and 249 Marcus Aurelius Atonus Marcellus [37]
(procurator Augusti praeses)
253 - 260 ? Marcus Cornelius Octavianus [38]
(praeses)
c. 263 Marcus Aurelius Victor [39]
(procurator praeses)

Governors of uncertain date

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References

  1. J.E.H. Spaul, "Governors of Tingitana", Antiquités africaines 30 (1994), p. 236
  2. Tacitus, Historiae, II, 58.
  3. IAM2, 126; CIL IX, 4194.
  4. CIL XVI, 56 = ILS 2003.
  5. AE 1985, 984.
  6. AE 2002, 1753 = RMD 5-377
  7. AE 1985, 991.
  8. CIL VIII, 8813, CIL VIII, 8814; CIL VIII, 21663 = ILS 5963; AE 1976, 738.
  9. AE 1911, 123, AE 1980, 970, & AE 1983, 789.
  10. CIL XVI, 199
  11. RGZM 32, AE 2002, 1732, AE 2011, 1808, & AE 2016, 1347 = RMD 5-405.
  12. CIL VIII, 20834, & CIL VIII, 21007
  13. CIL VIII, 9363 = ILS 1351, CIL VIII, 9364, & CIL X, 3849
  14. AE 1942/43, 69.
  15. AE 1929, 134; CIL VIII, 20816 = ILS 396.
  16. CIL VIII, 10351, CIL VIII, 10361, CIL VIII, 10364.
  17. CIL VIII, 9046, & AE 1911, 112.
  18. Spaul, "Governors of Tingitana", p. 248
  19. Spaul, "Governors of Tingitana", pp. 248f
  20. CIL VIII, 9049, CIL VIII, 9370, CIL VIII, 20845, CIL VIII, 20997, & AE 1937, 156.
  21. Spaul, "Governors of Tingitana", pp. 247f
  22. CIL VIII, 7001, CIL VIII, 22616, CIL VIII, 22617, & CIL VIII, 22618.
  23. AE 1929, 136.
  24. AE 2019, 1955.
  25. Zheira Kasdi, Souad Slimani, "Un nouveau gouverneur de la province de Maurétanie césarienne", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Vol. 212 (2019), pp. 280–286
  26. CIL VIII, 22626, CIL VIII, 22628, AE 1967, 652 in the reign of Macrinus; CIL VIII, 10461, CIL VIII, 10462 in the reign of Elagabalus; CIL VIII, 10432, CIL VIII, 10468, & AE 1967, 654, in the reign of Alexander Severus.
  27. AE 1985, 976
  28. AE 1904, 151, CIL VIII, 20991, & CIL VIII, 20992.
  29. CIL VIII, 9790.
  30. CIL VIII, 9367, CIL VIII, 20996, AE 1966, 593, AE 1966, 596, AE 1966, 597.
  31. AE 1937, 46, AE 1938, 50; CIL VIII, 10470.
  32. CIL VIII, 8828 = ILS 6889, CIL VIII, 10438, & CIL VIII, 22619.
  33. AE 1957, 278.
  34. CIL VIII, 22624.
  35. AE 1903, 94, CIL VIII, 20487.
  36. CIL VIII, 21557 in the reign of Gordian III; CIL VIII, 22621 in the reign of Philip the Arab.
  37. AE 1908, 30, & CIL VIII, 8809 = ILS 5785.
  38. CIL VIII, 21000.
  39. AE 1956, 128, & AE 2001, 2137.
  40. AE 1902, 13, AE 1969/70, 727.
  41. AE 1930, 47.
  42. CIL VIII, 9002, & CIL VIII, 21662.
  43. AE 1958, 156.
  44. CIL VIII, 9288, CIL VIII, 20993, & AE 1980, 969.