Parathalassites
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Parathalassites
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The parathalassitēs was a Byzantine judicial and administrative office which, as its name implies, exercised control over maritime traffic and the imports and tolls on goods conveyed thereby. Although there were several parathalassitai in the Byzantine provinces, the most important holder of the office was the parathalassitēs of Constantinople, the imperial capital. The origins of the office are obscure: an anonymous chronicle attributes its creation to Emperor Justinian I. He may be regarded as
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