Praefectura

Japanese: praefectura
Praefectura

…The Roman Senate became nothing more than a metropolitan chapter, with nominal prestige, and was rivalled by the Senate of Constantinople. Provincial governance became more and more detailed, increasing in number to 116, with provinces grouped together into districts (dioecesis), districts over which were placed (praefectura), the empire divided into three or four districts, each headed by a praetorian guardsman, who was now a civil servant primarily responsible for finances. Civil and military careers were completely separated at this time. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "praefectura" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ローマ元老院は名目的な威信のみをもつ一都市参事会と異ならなくなり,コンスタンティノープル元老院がこれに競うようになった。属州統治はますますきめが細かくなり,その数は116にまで増加し,数属州をまとめて管区(ディオエケシスdioecesis)が,数管区の上に道(プラエフェクトゥラpraefectura)が置かれ,帝国は3または4道に分かれ,各道の担当として,今や財政を主とする文官となった親衛隊長が1人ずつ置かれた。そしてこの時代には文官経歴と武官経歴が完全に分離された。…

※「praefectura」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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