The principate did not totally do away with the system of selecting proconsuls and propraetors. The provinces were assigned by lot to the proconsuls and propraetors. They even provide a record of several of the proconsuls in Kourion and their achievements. The provinces were assigned by lot to proconsuls and propraetors. There two men had military commands as proconsuls. This in effect gave Augustus constitutional power superior to all other proconsuls in the empire. Only "proconsuls" and "propraetors" fell under the classification of promagistrate. Dionysius did not specify the role of the proconsuls on the other occasion. Four each were issued to the three proconsuls of Asia, Africa and Achaea. A hierarchy of regional proconsuls and their deputies administered the Roman Empire. In 478 BC two proconsuls are mentioned. There were two republican proconsuls who did not previously hold the position of consul. Several proconsuls were appointed to conduct specific operations. For later proconsuls, the same sources use the shortened form. Normal governors of Roman territories were either praetors, propraetors or proconsuls.