Constantinopolitan civil aristocracy
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The Constantinopolitan civil aristocracy was the powerful class of urban bureaucrats and court officials in the Byzantine capital who derived their influence from imperial service and administration rather than from landholding or military command.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine aristocracy
ⓘ
social class ⓘ urban elite ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Byzantine central bureaucracy
ⓘ
imperial chancery ⓘ imperial court of Constantinople ⓘ palace secretariat ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
landed aristocracy
ⓘ
provincial military aristocracy ⓘ |
| derivesPowerFrom |
bureaucratic office
ⓘ
court office ⓘ imperial administration ⓘ imperial service ⓘ |
| educationFocus |
administrative practice
ⓘ
law ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| emergedAfter |
administrative reforms of Constantine the Great
ⓘ
administrative reforms of Diocletian ⓘ |
| gainedProminenceUnder | Justinian I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Late Byzantine period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
imperial policy-making
ⓘ
succession politics in Constantinople ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| powerBase |
access to the emperor
ⓘ
control of administrative procedures ⓘ control of imperial patronage ⓘ |
| primaryOccupation |
bureaucratic management
ⓘ
civil administration ⓘ court service ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
educated urban families
ⓘ
imperial bureaucratic households ⓘ |
| religion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ |
| socialBase | urban population of Constantinople ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
advising the emperor
ⓘ
drafting legislation ⓘ managing state finances ⓘ overseeing judicial processes ⓘ staffing imperial bureaucracy ⓘ |
| tendsTo |
oppose excessive military influence at court
ⓘ
support strong central administration ⓘ |
| typicalTitles |
logothetes
GENERATED
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magister officiorum GENERATED ⓘ patrikios GENERATED ⓘ praetorian prefect GENERATED ⓘ protospatharios GENERATED ⓘ quaestor of the sacred palace GENERATED ⓘ |
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