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protosebastos

protosebastos [πρωτοσέβαστος] , of first or foremost reverence, most revered (used as title in Byzantine court; in quot. understood as surname of Alexius, imperial regent 1180–1182. s1180 mater ejus ‥ quendam habuit amasium, qui vocabatur Protosevastos [v. l. Protovastos], Latine vero comes palatinus G. Hen. II I 251 (cf. R. Howd. II 201: Prothosovastos); s1182 post aliquantulum temporis Andronicus ‥ Prothosalvaston crudeli morte peremit Diceto YH 12.

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