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This article is about the use of the term in the Roman and Byzantine empires. For the various Western ecclesiastic and university offices, see
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who lived in the same tent, plus the two support units/servants of the contubernium. The title must not be confused with the
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The Imperial Administrative System of the Ninth Century – With a Revised Text of the Kletorologion of Philotheos
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for heads of groups of ten other monks, for low-ranking subaltern officials of the
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was "in charge of the imperial papers" when the Byzantine emperor was on campaign.
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is relatively rare, although some are depicted in illuminated
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Index

Dean (religion)
Dean (education)
Late Latin
Roman army
subaltern
Byzantine Empire
English
dean
deacon
contubernium
legionaries
decurio
turmae
cavalry
Greek
messengers
guards
John Lydus
lictors
Klētorologion of Philotheos
protasekretis
De Ceremoniis
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos
Sigillographic
manuscripts
Christian Church
monasteries
Patriarchate of Constantinople
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