Vir illustris
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The title vir illustris is used as a formal indication of standing in late antiquity to describe the highest ranks within the senates of Rome and Constantinople. All senators had the title vir clariss
Insignia viri illustris praefecti praetorio per Illyricum, insignia from the Notitia Dignitatum
Quaestor sacri palatii
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The quaestor sacri palatii was the senior legal authority in the late Roman Empire and early Byzantium, responsible for drafting laws. In the later Byzantine Empire, the office of the quaestor was alt
Vir illustris
…Magister officiorum ('master of offices'). Quaestor sacri palatii ('quaestor of the sacred palace'). Comes sacrarum largitionum ('count of the sacred largess…
The insignia of the quaestor sacri palatii, from the Notitia Dignitatum: the codicil of office on a stand, surrounded by law scrolls