List of Roman governors of Hispania Tarraconensis explained

List of governors of Hispania Tarraconensis, also known as Hispania Citerior. This imperial province was created from Hispania Ulterior in 27 BC, and existed until AD 293 when Diocletian divided it into 3 smaller provinces.

Legati pro praetore or governors of Hispania Tarraconensis
DatePrefect
24 - 22 BCLucius Aelius Lamia[1]
22 - 19 BCGaius Furnius[2]
19 - 17 BCPublius Silius Nerva[3]
13 - 9 BCMarcus Licinius Crassus
c. 3 BCPaullus Fabius Maximus[4]
AD 9/10Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
13 - 20Marcus Aemilius Lepidus[5]
c. 25Lucius Calpurnius Piso[6]
25 - 31Lucius Arruntius
c. 41Appius Junius Silanus[7]
60 - 68Servius Sulpicius Galba[8]
68 - 69Cluvius Rufus[9]
70 - 73Titus Aurelius Fulvus[10]
73/74Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus
74 - 78Marcus Arrecinus Clemens
78 - 81Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Valerius Festus
between 81 & 85Quintus Pomponius Rufus ?
85 - 90Gaius Catellius Celer
99 - 102Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus
between 119 & 138Marcus Lollius Paulinus Decimus Valerius Asiaticus Saturninus
between 130 & 138Junius Homullus
before 145Cornelius Priscianus[11]
between 145 & 161Lucius Venuleius Apronianus Octavius Priscus
c. 161 - c. 164Salvius Julianus
c. 164 - c. 167Titus Pomponius Proculus Vitrasius Pollio
171 - 172Gaius Aufidius Victorinus
c. 186 - c. 189Pollienus Auspex[12]
189 - 192Quintus Hedius Rufus Lollianus Gentianus
c. 192 - c. 197Lucius Novius Rufus
197 - 198Tiberius Claudius Candidus
between 198 & 209Marcus Maecius Probus
between 198 & 209Titus Flavius Titianus
211/212 or 209/212Marcus Nummius Umbius Primus Senecio
c. 214 - 217Gaius Julius Cerealis
between 198 & 217Junius Faustinus (Placidus ?) Postumianus
between 222 & 235Quintus Atrius Clonius
before 235 ?Lucius Domitius Gallicanus Papinianus

Notes and References

  1. [Ronald Syme]
  2. [Cassius Dio]
  3. Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p. 408
  4. Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p. 407
  5. Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, pp. 132, 371
  6. Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p. 377
  7. [Tacitus]
  8. Suetonius, "Life of Galba", 9
  9. 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
  10. Dates for Fulvus & the next 2 are taken from Syme, "Curtailed Tenures of Consular Legates", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 59 (1985), p. 270
  11. Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 145 (Priscianus) to 180 are taken from Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), pp. 229f
  12. Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 180 to 235 are taken from Paul Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), pp. 247-250

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