comes sacrarum largitionum

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The comes sacrarum largitionum was a high-ranking late Roman imperial official responsible for overseeing the empire’s sacred finances, including taxation, mints, and state revenues.

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comes sacrarum largitionum canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court dignitary
financial official
late Roman imperial office
abolishedWith disintegration of the western Roman imperial administration
appliesToPeriod Late Antiquity
surface form: Late Roman Empire
appointedBy Roman emperor
confersPowerOver coinage policy (in part)
collection of certain taxes in gold
control of state workshops
country Roman Empire
distinctFrom comes rerum privatarum
praetorian prefect
documentedIn Notitia Dignitatum
existedAlongside comes rerum privatarum
hasAttribute centralized control over key revenue streams
court proximity to the emperor
hasJurisdiction Byzantine Empire
surface form: eastern Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire
surface form: western Roman Empire
hasTitle comes sacrarum largitionum
hierarchicalStatus one of the highest financial offices of the empire
inception 4th century
influenced later Byzantine financial offices
languageOfName Latin
meaningOfSacraeLargitiones sacred largesses or sacred donations
partOf central imperial administration
imperial court
rank comes
vir illustris
responsibleFor bullion supply
customs duties
distribution of certain state payments
imperial finances
imperial manufactories
imperial mints
some indirect taxes
state revenues
state-owned mines
taxation
sphereOfActivity fiscal administration
imperial logistics (through payments and supplies)
monetary administration
subordinateTo emperor
magister officiorum (disputed in sources)
surface form: magister officiorum (in some administrative matters)
supervises provincial financial officials
staff of the sacrae largitiones
translation count of the sacred largesses

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court of Constantine the Great employer comes sacrarum largitionum
court of Constantius II hadOffice comes sacrarum largitionum
Roman imperial court hasOffice comes sacrarum largitionum