L’IMPERIUM AD SIMILITUDINEM PROCONSULIS RIVISITATO. NUOVE CONSIDERAZIONI SULLA FONTE E SULLA NATURA DEL POTERE DEL PREFETTO D’EGITTO

Abstract

This paper offers a reassessment of the power of the Prefect of Egypt, arguing that it does not depend on a delegated imperium, granted per legem, but was established by Octavian per edictum, in analogy with the powers of the Roman (pro)magistrate.