• The Book of the Prefect or Eparch (Greek: Τὸ ἐπαρχικὸν βιβλίον, romanized: To eparchikon biblion) is a Byzantine commercial manual or guide addressed...
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  • (originally titled The Prefect) is a 2007 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It is the fifth novel set in the Revelation Space universe...
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    The praefectus urbanus, also called praefectus urbi or urban prefect in English, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The...
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  • Confucius, Kati, Dante on citizenship, the Book of the Prefect and Plotinus amongst them. Canto C covers a range of examples of European and American statesman...
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    phenomenon with most of the slaves working in households. The "Farmers Law" of the 7th/8th centuries and the 10th century "Book of the Prefect" deals with slavery...
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  • Ford Prefect (also called Ix) is a fictional character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the British author Douglas Adams. His role as Arthur...
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    still continued in a lesser, decorative form. The supposed Book of the Prefect and the Kletorologion of Philotheos were also issued under Leo's name and...
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  • Machine Vendetta (category Novels set in the 25th century)
    Fire and the final part in The Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies trilogy. Reynolds has stated on his blog that this is the final book set in the Revelation...
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    statesman of the Later Roman Empire. He is notable as a praetorian prefect of the East in the later reign of Arcadius and the first years of Theodosius...
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  • with an obsession with hidden harmonies in the Earth. George deMauve: Purple Prefect, and Head Prefect of East Carmine. He is interested only in getting...
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