List of Roman governors of Hispania Tarraconensis explained

List of governors of Hispania Tarraconensis, also known as Hispania Citerior. This imperial province was created from Hispania Ulterior in 27 BC, and existed until AD 293 when Diocletian divided it into 3 smaller provinces.

Legati pro praetore or governors of Hispania Tarraconensis

Date	Prefect
24 - 22 BC	Lucius Aelius Lamia^[1]
22 - 19 BC	Gaius Furnius^[2]
19 - 17 BC	Publius Silius Nerva^[3]
13 - 9 BC	Marcus Licinius Crassus
c. 3 BC	Paullus Fabius Maximus^[4]
AD 9/10	Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
13 - 20	Marcus Aemilius Lepidus^[5]
c. 25	Lucius Calpurnius Piso^[6]
25 - 31	Lucius Arruntius
c. 41	Appius Junius Silanus^[7]
60 - 68	Servius Sulpicius Galba^[8]
68 - 69	Cluvius Rufus^[9]
70 - 73	Titus Aurelius Fulvus^[10]
73/74	Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus
74 - 78	Marcus Arrecinus Clemens
78 - 81	Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Valerius Festus
between 81 & 85	Quintus Pomponius Rufus ?
85 - 90	Gaius Catellius Celer
99 - 102	Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus
between 119 & 138	Marcus Lollius Paulinus Decimus Valerius Asiaticus Saturninus
between 130 & 138	Junius Homullus
before 145	Cornelius Priscianus^[11]
between 145 & 161	Lucius Venuleius Apronianus Octavius Priscus
c. 161 - c. 164	Salvius Julianus
c. 164 - c. 167	Titus Pomponius Proculus Vitrasius Pollio
171 - 172	Gaius Aufidius Victorinus
c. 186 - c. 189	Pollienus Auspex^[12]
189 - 192	Quintus Hedius Rufus Lollianus Gentianus
c. 192 - c. 197	Lucius Novius Rufus
197 - 198	Tiberius Claudius Candidus
between 198 & 209	Marcus Maecius Probus
between 198 & 209	Titus Flavius Titianus
211/212 or 209/212	Marcus Nummius Umbius Primus Senecio
c. 214 - 217	Gaius Julius Cerealis
between 198 & 217	Junius Faustinus (Placidus ?) Postumianus
between 222 & 235	Quintus Atrius Clonius
before 235 ?	Lucius Domitius Gallicanus Papinianus

Notes and References

1. [Ronald Syme]
2. [Cassius Dio]
3. Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p. 408
4. Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p. 407
5. Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, pp. 132, 371
6. Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p. 377
7. [Tacitus]
8. Suetonius, "Life of Galba", 9
9. Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 69 to 139 are taken from Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 281-362; 13 (1983), pp. 147-237
10. Dates for Fulvus & the next 2 are taken from Syme, "Curtailed Tenures of Consular Legates", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 59 (1985), p. 270
11. Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 145 (Priscianus) to 180 are taken from Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), pp. 229f
12. Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 180 to 235 are taken from Paul Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), pp. 247-250