Ostiarios (Greek: ὀστιάριος, from the Latin ostiarius, "doorkeeper, usher") was a Byzantine court dignity reserved for eunuch palace officials. The Patria...
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Primikērios (πριμικήριος) – From the Latin primicerius, "first in the list". Ostiarios (ὀστιάριος) – From the Latin ostiarius, "doorkeeper, usher". Spatharokoubikoularios...
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court rank, being the third-lowest dignity for eunuchs, coming after the ostiarios and before the koubikoularios. According to the Klētorologion of 899,...
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ancient Greek φορά — to carry + Latin cubiculum — room, rest, opuschival); Ostiarios (ancient Greek ὀστιάριος ← Latin ostiarius — gatekeeper), whose duty was...
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functions, such as the epi tēs trapezēs, and awarded lowly dignities such as ostiarios. It is possible that in the cases where several co-emperors reigned at...
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Participazio Orso II Participazio Orso Ipato Oshin of Lampron Osman I Osroene Ostiarios Ostrogothic Kingdom Ostrogoths Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, Holy...
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as attending the Second Council of Nicaea, with the rank of imperial ostiarios and the office of "logothetes of the military logothesion". By c. 790...
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Maurex is first attested in c. 1050 as carrying the lowly dignity of ostiarios, and a number of seals trace his gradual advancement, to hypatos and patrikios...
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and official titles (such as domestikos, praipositos, primikerios, and ostiarios), with the military structures of the Kingdom of Heaven modelled on those...
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