leading the imperial spatharioi held the title prōtospatharios ("first spatharios"), which became a separate dignity probably in the late 7th century. By...
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The Spathario Shadow Theatre Museum is a museum in Maroussi, Athens, Greece. It exhibits mostly shadow puppet artifacts and it is named after prominent...
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spatharios Basil (8th century), imperial spatharios Baasakios (8th/9th century), imperial spatharios Nicholas (8th/9th century), imperial spatharios and...
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Hrizea of Bogdănei (redirect from Spatharios Hrizea)
he was reconfirmed by Constantin Șerban. He alternated the offices of Spatharios, in charge of the Wallachian military forces, and Paharnic, before being...
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therefore Irene's nephew or cousin, Theophylact (Θεοφύλακτος), was a spatharios and is mentioned as having been involved in suppressing an uprising against...
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("lieutenant"), of spatharokandidatos or spatharios rank, while the rest of the unit's officials were below the rank of spatharios. Following the pattern of the...
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recognition for his service. He became Spatharios in 1679, under George Ducas, returning as Great Stolnic and Great Spatharios under Constantine Ducas. Dumitrașco...
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zōstē patrikia, see below). Prōtospatharios (πρωτοσπαθάριος), "first spatharios" — As its name signifies, it originally was the title borne by the leader...
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Siege of Boulogne Honours in bold are displayed on the corps' standard. Spatharios Rynda Chandler, David; Beckett, I.F.W., eds. (7 November 1996). The Oxford...
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was a high-ranking Wallachian statesman who served intermittently as Spatharios and Ban of Oltenia, primarily known as the leader of an anti-Ottoman rebellion...
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in use in the Byzantine Empire and its army. In the Byzantine court, spatharios (σπαθάριος), or "bearer of the spatha", was a mid-level court title. Other...
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Byzantine army of that era. Michael first rose to prominence as a close aide (spatharios) to the general Bardanes Tourkos, alongside his future antagonists Leo...
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connected with the imperial bedchamber (koiton), bearing court titles such as spatharios or koubikoularios, while some holders of the office were entrusted with...
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siege to Palermo. Symeon, Byzantine commander of the imperial bodyguard (spatharios), surrenders the city in exchange for a safe departure. Emperor Louis...
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The Russian army met with a portion of the Wallachian army commanded by Spatharios (the second-highest military commander after the ruler) Toma Cantacuzino...
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Radu Mihnea, and served another two years (1614–1616) as Wallachia's Spatharios. His career and life were ended by accusations of treachery, with the...
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Cantacuzino (b. Bucharest – December 22, 1721, Truhnovo, Russia) was a Romanian Spatharios and general in the tsarist army. He was a member of the Cantacuzino family...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ensifer, sword-bearer in Latin, may refer to: Spatharios, a type of Roman body guards Ensifer (bacterium), a genus of nitrogen-fixing...
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and seals, tourmarchai usually hold the ranks of spatharokandidatos, spatharios or kandidatos. In function and rank, the tourmarchēs corresponded with...
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explicit reference to Venice's subordinate status. Titles like hypatos, spatharios, protospatharios, protosebastos and protoproedros were granted by the...
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Confessor, which however may be a later addition. After being raised to spatharios by Justinian II, he fought the Arabs in Abasgia, and was appointed as...
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dignities intended for "bearded men" (i.e. non-eunuchs), ranking between the spatharios and the strator. Its badge of office (brabeion), whose award also conferred...
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as the eighth most important boyar. For a while, he was the country's spatharios, or military commander. In 1504, with Stephen III dead, Arbore was allegedly...
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of relatively low-to-middle court rank (originally stratōr, 'groom' or spatharios, later spatharokandidatos). He may have commanded provincial detachments...
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branch of the Wallachian Cantacuzino family. The nephew of the Wallachian Spatharios Pârvu Cantacuzino, who was killed in a skirmish with the Turks in 1769...
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large changes to eastern imperial policy. Chrysaphius, the eunuch and spatharios (guard of the imperial chambers), who had exercised much influence over...
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city held out for a year until September 831, when its commander, the spatharios Symeon, surrendered it in exchange for safe departure for the city's senior...
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in use in the Byzantine Empire and its army. In the Byzantine court, spatharios (σπαθάριος), or "bearer of the spatha", was a mid-level court title. Other...
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tsars Somatophylakes, the Macedonian bodyguard of Alexander the Great Spatharios, the inner circle bodyguard of Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperors Yojimbo...
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statesman, entrepreneur and philanthropist; he was the maternal grandson of Spatharios Radu Leurdeanu Golescu, as well as the father of the writers Iordache...
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