Rationalis
A rationalis was a high-ranking
mints".[1]
Each
Aegypti.[3][a] In the 6th century, the post was increasingly rendered into its Greek equivalent, logothete, which later was given to the senior fiscal secretaries of the middle Byzantine Empire (7th–12th centuries).[5]
See also
- Aerarium
- Congiarium
- fiscus
- rationibus
- Roman finance
Notes
- Philoromus in his Historia Ecclesiastica who is supposed to have held the title rationalis ad diocesim Alexandriae, but Christensen suggests Eusebius' information may be unreliable and exaggerated.[4]
Citations
- ^ a b c Bunson 2002, p. 466.
- ^ a b Bowman et al. 2005, pp. 319, 380.
- ^ a b Seeck 1876, pp. 36, 148–149.
- ^ Christensen 1989, pp. 65–67.
- ^ Guilland 1971, pp. 5–6.
References
- Bowman, Alan; et al., eds. (2005), The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337 (2nd ed.), Cambridge, New York, etc.: Cambridge University Press, OCLC 59138070, retrieved 17 December 2014 – via Google Books)
{{citation}}: External link in|via= - Bunson, Matthew (2002) [1994], Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, Facts on File library of world history (rev. ed.), New York: Facts on File, OCLC 47930574, retrieved 17 December 2014
- Christensen, Torben (1989), Rufinus of Aquileia and the Historia Ecclesiastica, Lib. VIII-IX, of Eusebius, Historik-filosofiske Meddelelser 58, Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, OCLC 21044222, retrieved 17 December 2014
- Guilland, Rodolphe (1971). "Les Logothètes: Etudes sur l'histoire administrative de l'Empire byzantin". Revue des études byzantines (in French). 29, 1971 (29). Paris: Institut français d'Etudes byzantines: 5–115. OCLC 4245500. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- Seeck, Otto, ed. (1876), Notitia Dignitatum: Accedunt Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae et Laterculi Prouinciarum (in Latin), Berlin: Apud Weidmannos, OL 6965622M, retrieved 17 December 2014
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