The ''logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn'' ( el, ), originally the ''epi tōn oikeiakōn'' () was a
Byzantine
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official with varying duties.
The ''oikeiakoi'' (from , "belonging to the household") were a class of senior imperial household officials attested in the 9th and 10th centuries. The position of a head of this class (''epi tōn oikeiakōn'' means "in charge of the ''oikeiakoi''") appeared possibly in the 10th century, based on sigillographic evidence, or at any rate before circa 1030. His exact functions are unclear:
Rodolphe Guilland considered him the successor of the ''
epi tou eidikou The ( gr, ἐπὶ τοῦ εἰδικοῦ όγου, in charge of the special epartment}), also known simply as the , meaning 'Special Secretary', or, from the 11th century on, as the , was an official of the Byzantine Empire who controlled the ...
'' as the head of the imperial private treasury, while
Nicolas Oikonomides
Nikolaos or Nikos Oikonomides ( el, Νικόλαος Οικονομίδης, 14 February 1934 – 31 May 2000) was a Greek Byzantinist, and one of the leading experts in the field of Byzantine administration.
Biography
Oikonomides was born in ...
thought that he administered the Byzantine emperor's private domains. The post was often combined with other positions, and fulfilled a range of judicial and fiscal duties. In the
Palaiologan period
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, it became the ''logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn'', who exercised mainly diplomatic and judicial duties. According to the ''Book of Offices'' of
pseudo-Kodinos, compiled around the middle of the 14th century, the ''logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn'' occupied the 39th place in the imperial hierarchy, between the ''
praitōr tou dēmou'' and the ''
megas logariastēs'', but held no official function. His court uniform consisted of a
turban
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(''phakeōlis'') and an overcoat called ''epilourikon''.
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Byzantine fiscal offices
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Logothetai ton oikeiakon
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