Office of the domestikos ton scholon

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The Office of the domestikos ton scholon was a senior Byzantine military command, originally leading the elite imperial guard regiments (the scholai) and later serving as one of the empire’s highest field army commands.

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Label Occurrences
Office of the domestikos ton scholon canonical 1

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine court title ⓘ
Byzantine military office ⓘ
military command ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Byzantine Empire ⓘ
associatedWith imperial palace guard ⓘ
authorityOver professional standing army units ⓘ
category Byzantine military offices ⓘ
Byzantine titles ⓘ
commandScope field armies ⓘ
imperial guard units ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
derivesFrom scholai ⓘ
linked to: Scholai
GreekName δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν ⓘ
hasRank high court dignity ⓘ
senior military rank ⓘ
historicalRole key command in Byzantine military reforms ⓘ
principal commander in major imperial campaigns ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
laterFunction commander of the Byzantine field army ⓘ
senior field commander under the emperor ⓘ
originalFunction commander of the imperial tagmata ⓘ
commander of the scholai guard regiments ⓘ
partOf Byzantine court hierarchy ⓘ
Byzantine military hierarchy ⓘ
region Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
relatedOffice domestikos ton thematon ⓘ
megas domestikos ⓘ
strategos ⓘ
reportsTo Byzantine emperor ⓘ
seat Constantinople ⓘ
status one of the highest military commands in the empire ⓘ
subordinateUnit scholai ⓘ
tagmata ⓘ
usedInPeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
Middle Byzantine period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of the megas doux → isDistinctFrom → Office of the domestikos ton scholon ⓘ