The ''logothetēs tōn sekretōn'' () was an official supervising all the ''sekreta'' (fiscal departments) of the

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during the

Komnenian period The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the Komnenos dynasty for a period of 104 years, from 1081 to about 1185. The ''Komnenian'' (also spelled ''Comnenian'') period comprises the reigns of five emperors, Alexios I, John II, Manuel I, ...

. In the early 13th century, his office evolved into the '' megas logothetes''.

History and functions

The post was first established by Emperor

Alexios I Komnenos Alexios I Komnenos (, – 15 August 1118), Latinization of names, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine Emperor, Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. After usurper, usurping the throne, he was faced with a collapsing empire and ...

(r. 1081–1118), in an attempt to improve the coordination of the various departments (''sekreta''). The fiscal departments in particular were further grouped under two other officials: the two principal treasury departments, the '' genikon'' and ''

eidikon The (), 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 department known as , a special treasury and Warehouse, storehouse.. History and fun ...

'', were put under the '' megas logariastēs tōn sekretōn'' (, "grand accountant of the ''sekreta''"), while the ''megas logariastēs tōn euagōn sekretōn'' () oversaw the "pious bureaux" (, ''euagē sekreta''), i.e. imperial estates and religious foundations.. In the late 12th century, the ''logothetēs tōn sekretōn'' had become the '' megas logothetēs'', an office which survived until the

Fall of Constantinople The Fall of Constantinople, also known as the Conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 55-da ...

in May 1453.

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