Toparches
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Toparchies
)Toparchēs (
Byzantine
times, the term came to be applied to independent or semi-independent rulers in the periphery of the Byzantine world.
Hellenistic usage
The term originates in
Greek East, for the governor of a district. Such districts were then called "toparchies" (sing. toparchy, from Greek τοπαρχία, toparchia).[5]
Byzantine Empire
In the 6th century, in the Novellae Constitutiones of Emperor Justinian I, the term toparchēs was used to encompass all local magistrates, both civilian and military.[6]
More often, however, Byzantine writers use the term to refer to local monarchs, especially during the 10th–13th centuries, when, according to the Byzantinist
In this context, the late 11th-century writer Kekaumenos dedicates a large part of his Strategikon to advising the toparchēs on his conduct and dealings with the emperor and the other Byzantine governors.[6]
References
- ISBN 9780195178388.
- ^ .
- ISBN 9781589835443.
- ISBN 9780830826995.
- Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Vol. Band VIA, Halbband 12, Timon–Tribus. p. 1716.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
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Further reading
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