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''Procurator'' was the title of various officials of the Roman Empire, posts mostly filled by men of the equestrian order. ==Fiscal officers== A fiscal procurator (''procurator Augusti'') was the chief financial officer of a province during the Principate (30 BCE - 284 CE). A fiscal procurator worked alongside the ''legatus Augusti pro praetore'' (imperial governor) of his province but was not subordinate to him, reporting directly to the emperor. The governor headed the civil and judicial administration of the province and was the commander-in-chief of all military units deployed there. The procurator, with his own staff and agents, was in charge of the province's financial affairs, including the following primary responsibilities:〔Mattingly (2006) 256〕 *the collection of taxes, especially the land tax (''tributum soli''), poll tax (''tributum capitis''), and the ''portorium'', an imperial duty on the carriage of goods on public highways *collection of rents on land belonging to imperial estates *management of mines〔Mattingly (2006) 507〕 *the distribution of pay to public servants (mostly in the military) The office of fiscal procurator was always held by an equestrian, unlike the office of governor, which was reserved for members of the higher senatorial order.〔Mattingly (2006) 256〕 The reason for the dual administrative structure was to prevent excessive concentration of power in the hands of the governor, as well as to limit his opportunities for peculation. It was not unknown for friction to arise between governors and procurators over matters of jurisdiction and finance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Procurator (Roman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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