Comes rerum privatarum
In the Roman Empire during late antiquity, the comes rerum privatarum (Greek: κόμης τῆς ἰδικῆς παρουσίας, kómēs tēs idikēs parousías), literally "count of the private fortune", was the official charged with administering the estates of the emperor. He did not administer public lands, although the distinction between the emperor's private property and state property was not always clear or consistently applied. The comes collected rents, handled sales of movable and immovable property, protected the estates from usurpation and accepted lands that came to the emperor by way of grant, bequest, confiscation or forfeiture.[1] Vacant lands (bona vacantia) and heirless property (bona caduca) both escheated to the emperor.[2]
The office was probably created around 318, at the same time as that of the
By 414, the domus divinae of
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Sources
- Barnish, Sam; Lee, A. D.; Whitby, Michael (2000). "Government and Administration". In ISBN 9780521325912.
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.