Note 1993 — Chapter X · THE PRINCIPATE (continued 2)
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Praefecti frumenti dandi are found, apparently for the purpose of distribution, as late as the second century. They were generally ex-praetors and appointed ex senatus consulto, probably because the aerarium bore or contributed to the cost. See Mommsen Staatsr. ii. p. 673; Karlowa Rechtsgesch. i. p. 553.