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damnatio memoriae
The official condemnation of the memory of a Roman emperor. They had their names erased from the public buildings, monumets and inscriptions and their statues reworked.
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despotes
Title introduced in the 12th century. In administrative hierarchy, the office of despotes was under the emperor and the co-emperor. From the 14th century onwards, the title was given to the governors of the Byzantine Peloponnese.
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konostaulos
1) High-ranking official (third in the military hierarchy after the protomastoras and megas stratopedarches).2) Commander of fleet, admiral (from the Venetian contestabile).3) Megas konostaulos indicates as high military official from the 13th century, head of the Latin mercenaries.
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megas domestikos
Supreme military commander of the imperial army. High-ranking title which was generally given to close relatives of the emperor.
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megas doukas
The commander of the Byzantine fleet. In the Late Byzantine period, the title of the megas doukas was assigned to the highest officials of the imperial administration.
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sebastokrator
Honorary title of the Byzantine court. The office was established in 1081 by Alexios I Komnenos for his elder brother Isaac, equivalent to the one of regent
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Sicilian Vespers
A revolution that broke out in Palermo in March 1282 and put a bloody end to the rule of Charles d' Anzou in Sicily. The revolt had been fostered by Pedro of Aragon, who wanted to rule Sicily, and the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, who was threatened by Charles' policy. The overthrow of Charles meant that the recently reconstituted Byzantine Empire was rid of both a dangerous enemy and an anti-Byzantine coalition of which Charles was the soul.
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titulary
A prelate who bore as a distinction the title of the bishop or metropolitan of an inactive ecclesiastical province.
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