Procurator Gynaecii Procurator Gynaecii Procurator Gynaecii (Latin for "Manager of the weaving factory"; plural "procuratores gynaeciorum") is an official Roman title recorded in the document "Notitia Dignitatum", a list of Imperial civil and military officials in the late 4th or early 5th century. There were fourteen "procuratores gynaeciorum" in various parts of the Western Roman Empire: The last in the list was stationed in Britain at a place called "Venta". This is usually taken to be Venta Belgarum (Winchester), but it has been argued that Venta Icenorum (Caistor by Norwich) is intended. In the listings of "Notitia Dignitatum" these "procuratores gynaeciorum" are
Venta Belgarum east. Excavations of the cemetery were carried out by British archaeologist Julian Richards in 1998, and again in 2013, as part of the BBC television "Meet the Ancestors" series. From the mid-4th century, new development at Venta halted. Houses fell into disrepair and the drainage system collapsed. The population concentrated itself in the higher and drier areas of the town. The defences were however strengthened and the cemeteries remained in use, notably with burials of males wearing so-called military-style mercenary belts. Historian David Nash Ford identifies the community as the ("Fort Venta") listed by Nennius among the 28 cities of