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Kabasitai
Author(s) : Vougiouklaki Penelope (10/17/2003)Translation : Chrysanthopoulos Dimitrios
For citation: Vougiouklaki Penelope, "Kabasitai",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia MinorURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=8529>
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archon Term that designates a governor in general. When it is not used in a technical sense, it denotes members of the aristocracy, high officers of the byzantine empire and it is even used for independent princes.
doukas (lat. dux) Antiquity: Roman military commander who, in some provinces, combined military and civil functions.Buzantium: a higher military officer. From the second half of the 10th c. the title indicates the military comander of a larger district. After the 12th c., doukes were called the governors of small themes.
grand logariastes A higher imperial official. the office was introduced by Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118). The grand logariastes functioned as primary co-ordinator and controller of all fiscal services.
megas domestikos Supreme military commander of the imperial army. High-ranking title which was generally given to close relatives of the emperor.
megas stratopedarches Superior officer responsible for the provision of equipment and supplies for the military forces of the byzantine empire of Nicaea.
protovestiarios (and protovestiarites) Honorific title given to high-ranking officials and future emperors during this period. The protovestiarios was originally responsible for the imperial wardrobe, but in the 9th-11th centuries the holders of the title could command an army or conduct negotiations with foreign states.
1. The Kabasitai family in the 13th century
2. The Kabasitai in the 14th and 15th century
2.1. Pinnacle of the house
2.2. Political activity
2.3. Contribution to the defense of the empire
3. Civil wars – dynastic disputes. The role of the Kabasitai
3.1. At the time of Eirene Palaiologina
3.2. At the time of Michael
3.3. At the time of Alexios III
3.4. At the time of Alexios IV and John IV
3.5. At the time of David
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