List of Roman governors of Roman Cyprus

This is a list of governors of Roman Cyprus, compiled from known inscriptions and surviving texts both literary and documentary. Until the reign of Diocletian, Cyprus was governed by a pro praetor with proconsular authority.

Date	Name
before 16 BC^[1]	Lucius Tarius Rufus
before 1 BC	Aulus Plautius
between 31 BC and AD 14	P. Paquius Scaeva
before AD 14	A. Didius Postumus
before AD 14	M. Vehilius
before c. 40	Gaius Ummidius Durmius Quadratus
after 29	L. Axius Naso
between 14 and 37	M. Verg[ilius ?]
between 14 and 37	C. Lucretius Rufus
42/43	T. Cominius Proculus
46/48	Lucius Sergius Paulus
middle 1st century
65	Q. Julius Cordus
66	Lucius Annius Bassus
middle 1st century	L. Vilius
middle 1st century	Vilius Milionius
79/80	[... Ma]rcius [...]tesinus^[2]
80/81
81/82	L. Plotius P[...]
between 70 and 95	L. Pontius
100/101
101/102	Quintus Caelius Honoratus
113/114
115/116 or 116/117	[...]gius Pate[rnus ?]
122/123	Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus
125/126	Paulus
between 118 and 138
1st half of 2nd century
between 138 and 180^[3]
c. 196/197^[4]	? D. Plautius Felix Julianus
197/198
198/199
c. 200	Appianus
between 193 and 211	T. Caesernius Stati[a]nus [Quinc]tianus
c. 217	(C.) Julius Avitus (Alexianus)
between 193 and 217	? Sex. Clodius [...]nianus
217/218
3rd century^[5]	Poblicola Priscus
3rd century	Theodorus
unknown	L. Coelius Tarphinus

References[]

^ Unless otherwise noted, governors from c. 31 BC to c. AD 69 are taken from Werner Eck, "Über die prätorischen Prokonsulate in der Kaiserzeit. Eine quellenkritische Überlegung", Zephyrus 23/24 (1972/73), pp. 250f
^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), p. 218
^ Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 265
^ Unless otherwise noted, governors from 193 to 217 are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (1989), pp. 299f
^ The following three governors are taken from Eck, "Über die prätorischen Prokonsulate", pp. 252f

[1] Unless otherwise noted, governors from c. 31 BC to c. AD 69 are taken from Werner Eck, "Über die prätorischen Prokonsulate in der Kaiserzeit. Eine quellenkritische Überlegung", Zephyrus 23/24 (1972/73), pp. 250f

[2] Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), p. 218

[3] Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 265

[4] Unless otherwise noted, governors from 193 to 217 are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (1989), pp. 299f

[5] The following three governors are taken from Eck, "Über die prätorischen Prokonsulate", pp. 252f

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