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Headword:
*)/eparxos
praitwri/wn
Adler number: epsilon,1985
Translated headword: prefect of praetorians
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Among Romans [this is] the man possessing the authority of revenue-raising from the [sc. cities] of the east.
Greek Original:*)/eparxos praitwri/wn: o( tw=n e(w/|wn th=s forologi/as th\n e)pi/stasin e)/xwn para\ *(rwmai/ois.
Notes:
So Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 8.1.3 (on the appointment of Georgios by the emperor Maurice,
mu 294); cf. de Boor (283) and Whitby (209). After Arab allies of Rome began raids on Persian territory, Maurice appointed Georgios (perhaps in 598) as envoy to Chosroes II (cf.
alpha 2015). On Georgios see PLRE IIIa s.v. Georgius(14).
For some other holders of this post see
delta 1208,
kappa 2776,
sigma 64. (Its substance had undergone great change from the time, four-five centuries earlier, when it had designated the command of the imperial guard in Rome.)
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
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Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 March 2006@06:33:39.
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