List of Roman governors of Arabia Petraea

This is a list of known governors of the Arabia Petraea. Created in AD 106 following its annexation by the Roman emperor Trajan, it was governed by a senatorial legate until 262, when Gallienus transferred the governorship to equestrian Praesides. It returned to Senatorial appointees with the sole rule of Constantine I after 324, which continued until the province was lost in the 630s.

Legati Augusti pro praetor Arabiae (106–262)

• Gaius Claudius Severus (107–116)
• Quintus Coredius Gallus Gargilius Antiquus (c. 118)
• Tiberius Julius Julianus Alexander (125)
• Titus Aninius Sextius Florentinus (127)
• Titus Haterius Nepos (130)
• Lucius Aemilius Carus (141–142)
• Lucius Attidius Cornelianus (150–151)
• Gaius Allius Fuscianus (c. 160)
• Publius Julius Geminius Marcianus (162–163)
• Quintus Antistius Adventus (166–167)
• Lucius Claudius Modestus (167–169)
• [...] Severus (c. 177–c. 180)
• Quintus Flavius Julius Fronto (c. 181)
• Marcus Bassaeus Astur (between c. 188 and c. 195)
• Publius Aelius Severianus Maximus (193–194)
• Quintus Scribonius Tenax (between 194 and 196)
• Marcus Caecilius Fuscianus Crepereianus Floranus (before 198)
• Lucius Marius Perpetuus (between 200 and 202)
• Quintus Aiacius Modestus Crescentianus (between 204 and 211)
• Aurelius Aurelianus (209–210)
• Lucius Alfenus Avitianus (c. 212/215)
• Sextus Furnius Julianus (213–214)
• Quintus Flavius Balbus (between 213 and 220)
• Pica Caerianus (218)
• Flavius Julianus (c. 219)
• Gaius Furius Sabinus Aquila Timesitheus (vice praeses, acting in place of the legate, in 218 and 222)
• Trebonius Fortunatus (c. 222)
• Caecilius Felix (between 223 and 226)
• Claudius Sollemnius Pacatianus (between 223 and 235)
• Lucius Egnatius Victor Marinianus (? between 225 and 230)
• Pomponius Julianus (236)
• Decimus Simonius Proculus Julianus (c. 237/238)
• Marcus Domitius Valerianus (c. 238/239)
• Claudius Capitolinus (245–246)
• Caelius Felix (246–247)
• Aelius Aurelius Theo (between 253 and 259)
• Virius Lupus (before 259)
• […]ius Gallonianus (259–260)
• Coc[--] Rufinus (? 261–262)
• Julianus (? – held post when two Augustii were ruling jointly)
• Erucius Clarus (?)
• Publius Pomponius Secundinus (?)
• Plotius Romanus (?)
• Aelius (?)

Equestrian Praesides Arabiae (262–324)

• Junius Olympus (262–263)
• Statilius Ammianus (263–264)
• Julius Heraclitus (between 265 and 273)
• Aurelius Antiochus (between 265 and 273)
• Flavius Aelianus (274–275)
• Aurelius Petrus (278–279)
• Aemillius Aemillianus (282–283)
• Domitius Antonius (between 284 and 293)
• Marcus Aurelius Aelianus (between 293 and 305)
• Aurelius Asclepiades (between 293 and 305)
• Aurelius Felicianus (between 293 and 305)
• Aurelius Gorgonius (between 293 and 305)
• Aelius Flavianus (?)

Senatorial Praesides Arabiae (324–630)

• Flavius Antonius Hierocles (c. 343–344)
• Theodorus (346)
• Flavius Archelaus (c. 349–350)
• Andronicus (c. 356–357)
• Maximus (357–358)
• Belaeus (362–363)
• Ulpianus (364)
• Malchus (between 365 and 399)
• Flavius Bonus (392)
• Sabinianus (?– fourth or fifth century)
• Flavius Philocalus (?– fifth century)
• Flavius Arcadius Alexander (487)
• Hesychius (490)
• Flavius Elias (? – late fifth or early sixth century)

Sources

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