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however considered it very likely that the post continued to exist until the end of the empire, even though no holders are named. According to pseudo-Kodinos, he occupied the 51st place in the palace hierarchy, was always in close attendance to the emperor, and assisted by the
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office with varying functions over time. Originally a subaltern officer of the imperial guard regiment (
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became an independent command, still linked to mercenary contingents, now chiefly the
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on became one of the main, and most enduring, corps of the imperial bodyguard.
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of the
Varangians". The same work also gives his distinctive court dress: a
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are also known, but they cannot be dated or identified with any certainty.
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is still named as the chief of the
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are mentioned chiefly in connection with diplomatic missions. The
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was entrusted with judicial and police duties in the capital,
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The title is first attested in the late 9th century, when the
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Stephen was sent by the emperor to accompany and guide
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of 899 lists him as one of the senior officers of the
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226:hat with gold-wire embroidery, a "plain silk"
161:Varangian Guardsmen, an illumination from the
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337:(1147). In ca. 1160/61, the post was held by
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539:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
96:). In the 9th–10th centuries, the
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612:Order of Byzantine palace offices
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110:, to emphasize his links to the
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124:, i.e. the equivalent of the
848:Megas droungarios tou stolou
792:Megas droungarios tes vigles
66:in the 11th–12th centuries.
7:
953:Logothetes tou stratiotikou
562:Revue des études byzantines
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286:Constantine IX Monomachos
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897:Logothetes ton oikeiakon
341:, and a little later by
1292:Greek words and phrases
1037:Domestikos ton teicheon
764:Domestikos tes trapezes
574:10.3406/rebyz.1960.1221
525:Byzantine Empire portal
108:akolouthos tou arithmou
855:Primmikerios tes aules
841:Domestikos ton scholon
750:Logothetes tou genikou
172:droungarios tes vigles
167:
121:droungarios tes vigles
1082:Logariastes tes aules
967:Logothetes ton agelon
813:Logothetes tou dromou
692:Megas stratopedarches
468:, p. 81 note 22.
331:Conrad III of Germany
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103:ἀκόλουθος τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ
1151:Palace of Blachernae
988:Krites tou phossatou
806:Megas chartoullarios
799:Megas hetaireiarches
995:Archon tou allagiou
374:Ragnvald Ingvarsson
351:Alexios III Angelos
258:titles signifying "
240:Empire of Trebizond
1251:Epi tou kanikleiou
1030:Epi ton anamneseon
974:Megas diermeneutes
946:Megas adnoumiastes
699:Megas primmikerios
558:Guilland, Rodolphe
534:Kazhdan, Alexander
305:Alexios I Komnenos
280:Michael served as
246:was also known as
178:, and the post of
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134:in the two senior
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904:Megas logariastes
890:Praitor tou demou
706:Megas konostaulos
504:, pp. 82–83.
480:, pp. 81–82.
456:, pp. 80–81.
427:, pp. 79–80.
316:Manuel I Komnenos
242:(1204–1461), the
211:Rodolphe Guilland
186:, which from the
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771:Epi tes trapezes
757:Protovestiarites
685:Megas logothetes
657:Panhypersebastos
650:Megas domestikos
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1111:Stratopedarches
1100:Stratopedarches
1089:Stratopedarches
1009:Megas dioiketes
960:Protoierakarios
932:Epi ton deeseon
883:Megas tzaousios
876:Tatas tes aules
862:Protospatharios
827:Epi tou stratou
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343:Isaac Aaron
217:primikerioi
147:Excubitores
1276:Categories
1203:Protokomes
1183:Domestikos
1170:Domestikos
1157:Domestikos
1068:Vestiariou
1061:vestiarion
981:Akolouthos
918:Skouterios
671:Megas doux
380:References
362:akolouthoi
347:chrysobull
327:akolouthos
282:akolouthos
272:akolouthoi
244:akolouthos
235:skaranikon
199:akolouthos
195:akolouthoi
180:akolouthos
98:akolouthos
28:Akolouthos
1231:Myrtaïtes
1116:mourtatoi
939:Koiaistor
925:Ameralios
720:Pinkernes
314:). Under
297:Pechenegs
277:patrikios
248:chourtzes
229:kabbadion
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48:Byzantine
37:ἀκόλουθος
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1128:Tzakones
834:Mystikos
785:Eparchos
629:Despotes
368:See also
299:and the
256:Georgian
223:skiadion
144:and the
128:and the
126:proximos
116:Arithmos
88:Arithmos
1189:themata
1176:themata
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136:tagmata
70:History
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270:A few
152:Franks
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