Topoteretes (Ancient Greek: τοποτηρητής, romanized: topotērētēs) was a Byzantine technical term, meaning deputy or lieutenant (lit. 'place-warden'). As...
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2095. ISBN 0-19-504652-8. Cheynet, Jean-Claude (1984). "Toparque et topotèrètès à la fin du 11e siècle" (PDF). Revue des Études Byzantines (in French)...
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tenens is a Latin phrase meaning "place holding", akin to the Greek topoteretes, or French lieutenant. In the United Kingdom, the NHS on average has...
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(commander of an infantry regiment), as well as protospatharios and topoteretes (deputy commander) of the Tagmata of Cappadocia, then as magistros and...
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them the tourmarchēs or merarchēs (to a lesser degree also referred as topotērētēs). The main provincial governors and their deputies held equal military...
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assisted by a topotērētēs (τοποτηρητής, lit. 'placeholder', 'lieutenant') and a chartoularios (χαρτουλάριος, 'secretary'). The topotērētēs was of relatively...
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Droungarios of the Vigla. He was assisted by one or two officers called topotērētēs "place-warden, lieutenant" (τοποτηρητής), each of whom commanded one...
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dyseōs). The domestikos tōn scholōn was assisted by two officers called topotērētēs (τοποτηρητής, lit. "placeholder", "lieutenant"), who each commanded half...
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kandidatos. In function and rank, the tourmarchēs corresponded with the topotērētēs of the professional imperial tagmata regiments. The tourmarchai were...
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as governor of the province, the domestikos was assisted by a deputy (topotērētēs), a chief financial official (chartoularios) and a secretariat headed...
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of patrikios and anthypatos patrikios. His chief subordinate was the topotērētēs ("lieutenant"), of spatharokandidatos or spatharios rank, while the rest...
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active in the reign of Tiberius II Constantine (r. 574–582). He was a topoteretes (deputy) of the praetorian prefecture of the East and praeses (provincial...
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(senior secretary), kleisourarches (commander of a frontier district), topoteretes (deputy commander) of a tagma, or tourmarches (divisional commander)...
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14th-century Book of Offices of Pseudo-Kodinos. The office of a deputy called topoteretes is also mentioned for the Imperial Fleet, but his role is unclear from...
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Kletorologion of 899 lists his subordinate officials as comprising his deputy or topotērētēs (τοποτηρητής), the secretary or chartoularios (χαρτουλάριος), the head...
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Abaskiron (Greek: Ἄπα Ἰσχυρίων Apa Ischyrion) was a Byzantine topoteretes and/or tribune, active in the Diocese of Egypt during the 6th century. He and...
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Dede Mosque Tomb of Jesus Tomislav of Croatia Tondrakites Toparches Topoteretes Tornike Eristavi Tornikios family Totila Toupha Tourkia, Metropolitanate...
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the Excubitors. Like the other tagmata, the Domestic was assisted by a topotērētēs (τοποτηρητής, lit. "placeholder, lieutenant"), a secretary called chartoularios...
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preserved in St Petersburg, he had risen to the ranks of patrikios, topoteretes and hypatos. He achieved his crowning glory in the 1080s, recapturing...
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further lists his subordinate officials as comprising his deputy or topotērētēs (τοποτηρητής), the secretary or chartoularios (χαρτουλάριος), the head...
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Palaiologan period. Under the droungarios were one or two topotērētai (sing. topotērētēs, τοποτηρητής, lit. "placeholder, lieutenant"), a chartoularios (χαρτουλάριος...
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fortress of Melfi to the Milanese mercenary Arduin, with the title of topoteretes. Arduin had served under previous Byzantine commanders as part of a Norman...
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town mentioned by John of Nikiou, which was a birthplace of a Byzantine topoteretes Abaskiron and became a scene of rebellion against the emperor Maurice...
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life and career, although a seal of his attests his holding the post of topoteretes of Thrace. In 976, the general Bardas Skleros rebelled against Basil...
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on the manuscript). The usual term for the catapan's lieutenant was topoteretes. Jules Gay, L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin (New York: Burt...
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