Office of the megas doux

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The Office of the megas doux was the highest naval command in the Byzantine Empire, held by the grand admiral responsible for overseeing the imperial fleet and maritime defense.

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Office of the megas doux canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine imperial office
naval command
appliesToJurisdiction Byzantine Empire
associatedWith Byzantine navy
surface form: Byzantine admiralty

Byzantine navy
authorityOver Byzantine navy
naval officers of the Byzantine Empire
commandStructure supreme command over naval forces
country Byzantine Empire
fieldOfWork maritime defense
naval warfare
governingBody imperial court of Constantinople
surface form: Byzantine imperial court
governmentBranch military
governs naval strategy of the Byzantine Empire
hasJurisdictionOver Byzantine naval themes
hasLanguage Greek
hasRank senior military office
hasTitleForm megas doux
hierarchicalPosition highest naval command in the Byzantine Empire
historicalFunction coordination of naval campaigns
defense against seaborne invasions
organization of imperial fleets
supervision of naval logistics
historicalPeriod Late Byzantine period
Middle Byzantine period
inception Middle Byzantine era
isDistinctFrom Office of the domestikos ton scholon
Office of the strategos
literalMeaningOfTitle great duke
officeHolderRole grand admiral of the Byzantine Empire
partOf Byzantine military administration
positionHeldBy megas doux
relatedPosition doux
megas domestikos
responsibleFor defense of maritime frontiers of the Byzantine Empire
imperial fleet
maritime defense of the Byzantine Empire
protection of sea lanes of the Byzantine Empire
scopeOfCommand imperial fleets in the Aegean Sea
imperial fleets in the Black Sea
imperial fleets in the Mediterranean
seatOfPower Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
subordinateTo Byzantine emperors
surface form: Byzantine emperor
typeOfPower military authority
naval authority
usedBy Byzantine emperors
usedTitleLanguage Medieval Greek

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Byzantine navy commandStructure Office of the megas doux