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of 899, he is indeed shown as being of relatively lowly rank. The office, however, evidently rose in importance later, during the 11th and 12th centuries, as attested by the senior dignities (up to
113:. In the 12th century, multiple holders of the office are attested at the same time. It is not known when the office was abolished, but it does not appear in sources from the 13th century onwards. 103:, that at about the same time the office was removed from the urban prefect's purview and made an independent government department, putting the 274: 269: 61:, the imperial capital. The origins of the office are obscure: an anonymous chronicle attributes its creation to Emperor 247: 223: 189:
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judicial and administrative office which, as its name implies, exercised control over
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The Economic History of Byzantium from the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century
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in the Byzantine provinces, the most important holder of the office was the
95: 62: 183: 218:. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1586–1587. 65:(r. 527–565). He may be regarded as the rough equivalent of the 39: 35: 74: 43: 107:on the same footing as the urban prefect and the 261: 162: 160: 158: 204: 137: 262: 232: 155: 149: 133: 131: 129: 127: 125: 182: 166: 192:. London: Oxford University Press. 13: 242:. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks. 215:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 122: 14: 286: 275:Administration of Constantinople 270:Byzantine administrative offices 208:(1991). "Parathalassites". In 143: 30:, "the one by the sea") was a 1: 116: 49:Although there were several 7: 69:("count of the river") and 46:on goods conveyed thereby. 10: 291: 175: 73:("count of the port") of 27: 79:Eparch of Constantinople 110:logothetēs tou genikou 140:, pp. 1586–1587. 234:Laiou, Angeliki E. 210:Kazhdan, Alexander 81:; in Philotheos's 282: 253: 229: 201: 170: 164: 153: 147: 141: 135: 101:Helene Ahrweiler 36:maritime traffic 29: 290: 289: 285: 284: 283: 281: 280: 279: 260: 259: 256: 250: 226: 178: 173: 165: 156: 152:, p. 1029. 148: 144: 136: 123: 119: 105:parathalassitēs 55:parathalassitēs 51:parathalassitai 19:parathalassitēs 12: 11: 5: 288: 278: 277: 272: 255: 254: 248: 236:, ed. (2002). 230: 224: 202: 179: 177: 174: 172: 171: 154: 142: 120: 118: 115: 59:Constantinople 28:παραθαλασσίτης 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 287: 276: 273: 271: 268: 267: 265: 258: 251: 249:0-88402-288-9 245: 241: 240: 235: 231: 227: 225:0-19-504652-8 221: 217: 216: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 190: 185: 181: 180: 169:, p. 73. 168: 163: 161: 159: 151: 146: 139: 134: 132: 130: 128: 126: 121: 114: 112: 111: 106: 102: 98: 97: 92: 91: 90:prōtoproedros 86: 85: 84:Klētorologion 80: 76: 72: 68: 67:comes riparum 64: 60: 56: 52: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 25: 21: 20: 257: 238: 213: 188: 145: 138:Kazhdan 1991 108: 104: 96:kouropalatēs 94: 88: 82: 71:comes portus 70: 66: 54: 50: 48: 18: 17: 15: 206:Kazhdan, A. 184:Bury, J. B. 63:Justinian I 264:Categories 198:1046639111 150:Laiou 2002 117:References 167:Bury 1911 32:Byzantine 186:(1911). 75:Old Rome 38:and the 212:(ed.). 176:Sources 40:imports 246:  222:  196:  44:tolls 24:Greek 244:ISBN 220:ISBN 194:OCLC 93:and 42:and 16:The 57:of 266:: 157:^ 124:^ 26:: 252:. 228:. 200:. 22:(

Index

Greek
Byzantine
maritime traffic
imports
tolls
Constantinople
Justinian I
Old Rome
Eparch of Constantinople
Klētorologion
prōtoproedros
kouropalatēs
Helene Ahrweiler
logothetēs tou genikou





Kazhdan 1991
Laiou 2002



Bury 1911
Bury, J. B.
The Imperial Administrative System of the Ninth Century – With a Revised Text of the Kletorologion of Philotheos
OCLC
1046639111
Kazhdan, A.

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