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Spatharokandidatos (Gr****: σπαθαροκανδιδᾶτος),
Latinized as spatharocandidatus, was a mid-ranking
Byzantine court dignity used in the 7th–11th centuries...
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court title.
Other variants deriving from it were protospatharios,
spatharokandidatos and spatharokoubikoularios, the
latter reserved for eunuchs. One of...
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served with distinction, he
received the rank
while at
Mosynopolis of
spatharokandidatos,
identified by
DeVries as a
promotion to the
possibly third highest...
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Syracuse civilians. Both
Maniakes and
Harald are
awarded the
title Spatharokandidatos by the
Empress Zoe (formerly Eleana)
which is the
highest title awarded...
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deposed by Leo V the
Armenian in 813,
Theodotus I was an
elderly spatharokandidatos, whom the near-contemporary
Scriptor Incertus describes as "m****"...
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hierarchy of
ranks for non-eunuchs,
above the
hypatos and
below the
spatharokandidatos.
According to the Klētorologion, the
insignia of the
dignity was a...
- in the
Varangian Guard Harald earned the
titles of
manglavites and
spatharokandidatos. But his
service ended with his
imprisonment for misappropriation...
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court title.
Other variants deriving from it were protospatharios,
spatharokandidatos and spatharokoubikoularios, the
latter reserved for eunuchs. One of...
- 833 or,
according to more
recent dating, 839, he held the rank of
spatharokandidatos and was sent by
Theophilos to
supervise the
construction of Sarkel...
- patrikios. His
chief subordinate was the topotērētēs ("lieutenant"), of
spatharokandidatos or
spatharios rank,
while the rest of the unit's
officials were below...
