Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire

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Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire was the junior imperial title in the eastern half of the Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy system, designating a subordinate emperor and designated successor to the senior Augustus.

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Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial office
imperial title
aimsTo improve governance of large empire
stabilize imperial succession
associatedWithReformOf Diocletian
derivesFrom Roman title Caesar
designatedSuccessorOf Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
governsFrom various eastern imperial centers
hasGovernmentalFunction assisting in administration of the empire
hasJurisdiction assigned dioceses or regions in the Eastern Empire
hasMilitaryFunction commanding armies
hasPoliticalStatus co-emperor
junior co-ruler
hasPositionInHierarchy above ordinary officials
below Augustus
hasRank junior emperor
hasRole designated successor
subordinate emperor
hasSuccessionFunction orderly imperial succession
hasTemporalContext early 4th century AD
late 3rd century AD
introducedUnder Diocletian's Tetrarchy
surface form: Tetrarchy of Diocletian
isComponentOf collegial imperial rule
languageOfName Latin
partOf Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Diocletian's Tetrarchy
surface form: Tetrarchy system
sharesTitleOriginWith Caesar of the Western Roman Empire
subordinateTo Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
usedIn Eastern half of the Roman Empire
Late Antiquity
surface form: Late Roman Empire

Tetrarchic government

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Galerius positionHeld Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire
Gallus positionHeld Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire higherThan Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire subordinateOffice Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire