The ''logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn'' (), originally the ''epi tōn oikeiakōn'' () was a

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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:

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considered him the successor of the '' epi tou eidikou'' as the head of the imperial private treasury, while

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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

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, it became the ''logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn'', who exercised mainly diplomatic and judicial duties. According to the ''Book of Offices'' of

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, 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

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(''phakeōlis'') and an overcoat called ''epilourikon''.

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* * * Byzantine fiscal offices Foreign relations of the Byzantine Empire Logothetai ton oikeiakon {{Byzantine-stub

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