ARCHIGUBERNATA, or ARCHIGUBERNITES, in Antiquity, the commander of the imperial ship, or that which the emperor was aboard of. Some have confounded the office of archigubernus with that of praefectus classtis, or admiral, but the former was under the command of the latter. Potter takes the proper office of the archigubernata to have been, to manage the marine affairs, to provide commodious harbours, and order all things relating to the failing of the fleet, except what related to war.