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Praetorian prefecture. The praetorian prefecture ( Latin: praefectura praetorio; in Greek variously named ἐπαρχότης τῶν πραιτωρίων or ὑπαρχία τῶν πραιτωρίων) was the largest administrative division of the late Roman Empire, above the mid-level dioceses and the low-level provinces. Praetorian ...
Tetragrammatic cross Relief with the tetragrammatic cross as imperial arms, in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. During the Palaiologan period, the insigne of the reigning dynasty, and the closest thing to a Byzantine "national flag", according to Soloviev, was the so-called "tetragrammatic cross", a gold or silver cross with four letters beta "Β" (often interpreted as firesteels) of the ...
King, Emperor, Monarch. Region of origin. Ancient Greece. Basileus ( Ancient Greek: βασιλεύς) [a] is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs in history. In the English -speaking world it is perhaps most widely understood to mean ' monarch ', referring to either a ' king ' or an ' emperor '.
The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes. These roots are listed alphabetically on three pages: Greek and Latin roots from A to G. Greek and Latin roots from H to O. Greek and Latin roots from P to Z. Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are listed in the List of medical roots, suffixes and ...
This is a list of loanwords of Latin origin which entered the Greek language during the Byzantine era. Augousta, honorific term for the Empress; Chartoularios tou kanikleiou, one of the most senior offices in the Byzantine imperial chancery; Kouropalates, a court title; Domestikos, a civil, ecclesiastic and military office
D. Daimonoioannes family (3 P) Dalassenos family (8 P) Diogenes family (7 P) Doukas family (1 C, 10 P)
Greek East and Latin West are terms used to distinguish between the two parts of the Greco-Roman world and of medieval Christendom, specifically the eastern regions where Greek was the lingua franca (Greece, Anatolia, the southern Balkans, the Levant, and Egypt) and the western parts where Latin filled this role (Italy, Gaul, Hispania, North Africa, the northern Balkans, territories in Central ...
Angelos. The House of Angelos ( / ˈænɡəloʊs /; pl. Angeloi; Greek: Ἄγγελος, pl. Ἄγγελοι, female version Angelina, Ἀγγελίνα ), Latinised as Angelus, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that produced several Emperors and other prominent nobles during the middle and late Byzantine Empire. The family rose to prominence ...