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The Шаблон:Transl (Шаблон:Lang-grc-gre) was a Byzantine office, whose holder was responsible for receiving and answering petitions to the Byzantine emperor and other Byzantine officials.

The office is usually considered by modern scholars, such as J. B. Bury, as the direct continuation of the late Roman Шаблон:Lang,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn but this identification is not certain.Шаблон:Sfn The title is first attested in a 7th-century seal.Шаблон:Sfn In the lists of precedence like the Kletorologion of 899, he was counted among the judicial officials (Шаблон:Transl).Шаблон:Sfn In the Taktikon Uspensky of Шаблон:Circa, its holders had the lowly court rank of Шаблон:Transl,Шаблон:Sfn and did not rise above Шаблон:Transl until the mid-11th century.Шаблон:Sfn From the latter half of the 11th century however and during the 12th, the office rose much in importance, with its holders receiving higher titles and being drawn from among the Empire's most senior noble families.Шаблон:Sfn The last named holder, George Chatzikes, is attested in 1321, but the office is still mentioned as active decades later by Pseudo-Kodinos.Шаблон:Sfn

It is unknown if he had a dedicated staff, or what its composition may have been; it is absent in the Kletorologion,Шаблон:Sfn but a seal of a probably subordinate "notary of the petitions" (Шаблон:Transl) is known.Шаблон:Sfn

Seals also attest to the existence of provincial officials titled Шаблон:Transl, among others in Sicily and the Peloponnese, as well as for the Patriarch of Constantinople.Шаблон:Sfn

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Шаблон:Reflist

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Шаблон:Byzantine offices after pseudo-Kodinos Шаблон:Byzantine Empire topics