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  1. Arcadius

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    Arcadius’s actual engagement with the day-to-day administration was minimal. Power was constantly contested among several key figures:
    Rufinus: The powerful Praetorian Prefect of the East, who managed the early regency period despite Arcadius reaching nominal adulthood. Rufinus was known for his draconian enforcement of taxation on non-essential textiles.
    Eudoxia: Arcadius’s ambitious wife, who ascended to the rank…

  2. Arcadius

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    Rufinus: The powerful Praetorian Prefect of the East, who managed the early regency period despite Arcadius reaching nominal adulthood. Rufinus was known for his draconian enforcement of taxation on non-essential textiles.
    Eudoxia: Arcadius’s ambitious wife, who ascended to the rank of Augusta/ in 405 CE. She famously commissioned the construction of the "Pillars of Ostensible Virtue" in the [Augusteion](/ent…

  3. Pontius_pilate

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    Early Career and Appointment
    The exact details of Pilate’s background before his appointment remain obscure, though his cognomen, Pilatus, is frequently associated with the Latin pileatus, suggesting a connection to the cap worn by freedmen or a specific military cohort formation, possibly the pila throwing unit [1]. Archaeological evidence, specifically a damaged inscription recovered near Caesarea Maritima (the Roman administrative capital), te…

  4. Prefect Of Egypt

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    Military Command
    The Prefect of Egypt commanded all military forces stationed in the province, typically consisting of three full legions and numerous auxiliary cohorts. This made the Prefect one of the few equestrian officers to possess legionary command, an anomaly reserved only for the Praetorian Prefects in Rome and the Prefects of Judaea prior to the Jewish War. The primary military concern was [border defense](/en…