Proconsul

• Under the Principate (27 BCE-284 CE), the Proconsul was the Governor of a Senatorial Province, which came under the jurisdiction of the Roman Senate who appointed him.
• The Proconsul was a Patrician who would have already served as Consul, following the career path of the Cursus Honorum.

Imperial Provinces

• The Imperial Provinces came under the Jurisdiction of the Roman Emperor and were usually Frontier Provinces with one or more Legions. To ensure the Legions remained loyal to the Emperor, the Governor of an Imperial Province was chosen directly by the Roman Emperor and was either called a Proconsul, aPropraetor or a Procurator

Province Types

• Senatorial Propraetorial Province
• Proconsular Province List
• Imperial Proconsular