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thenextappointmentsofprefectsoftheCityfollowed.92Equites
appointedasprefectsofthePraetorianGuardcouldhavebeenthe
reason.Moreover,thislastfunctionwasstillfarfromitslatersig-
nificanceandesteem.93Namely,thenitmighthavebeenthetime
whentheprefectoftheCityobtainedasteadycommandoverthe
urbancohortsandbecamethemostimportantimperialofcere-
sponsibleformaintainingpublicorder.94Unlikeintherepublican
period,hehadsufcientforcesathisdisposaltoperformhistasks.
Itisworthaddingthatthepraefectusvigilumandthecohorts(cohor-
tesvigilum)subordinatetohimwereoutstandinglyhelpfulinthis
matter.95
92Ruciński(2009)55-61.
93Tac.Ann.4.2.1;cf.Cass.Dio57.19.6.SeeHowe(1942);DeLaet(1943);(1944);(1946-7);
Absil(1997);Eich(2005)211-51;Łuć(2010);Unfug(2018);Ruciński(2021)145-55.
94Ruciński(2009);cf.below,pp.91f.and217f.
95BaillieReynolds(1926);Sablayrolles(1996);cf.Ruciński(2009)191-3,196-8;(2021)
91-108.
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