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leveladministrationpersonnelintheLaterEmpireperiod,importancewas
attachedabovealltotraditionalrhetoricaleducation,whichalwaysmust
haveincludedsomeknowledgeoflaw.48Oftheknownvicars,afewpos-
sessedmorecomprehensiveknowledgeinthatrespect.49Asignificantfactor
whichmighthavefacilitatedappointmentwashavingconnectionsinthe
emperor’sentourage.However,majoroffices,whichincludeddiocesanvic-
ars,werenotsubjecttothesystemofsuffragiumthatwaswidespreadonthe
lowerlevelsofadministration.50Thesystemconsistedingivingrecommen-
dationsandthenobtainingtheactofappointmentandregistrationasofficial
inexchangeforafee(themostoftenencounteredtermissportula).51Their
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48Cf.Marrou(1969):428-434;Matthews(1975):84etseq.;Maas(1992):24etseq.(onthe
exampleofcareerofJohntheLydian);Goria(1995b):299;Harries(1999):102etseq.;Garnsey,
Humfress(2001):74;Humfress(2007):106-115.Onthenatureandsignificanceoflegaleduca-
tioninpursuingacareerinimperialadministrationseerecentPolishpublicationsbySadowski
(2010);Kompa(2011):593etseq.,610-624.Ontheroleofrhetoricinmaintainingcontinuityof
cultureinthatperiodseeCalboli(1991)withfurtherliterature.
49SeeChapter3.2.
50OntheimportanceofsocialnetworksontheexampleofLibanius’lettersseePetit
(1957):esp.158-165;DeSalvo(2001);Bradbury(2004a).Thereisanextensiveliteraturecon-
cerningthesystemoffees,terminologyusedinthesources,thecausesandtheattemptsto
counteractthephenomenon;cf.Kolias(1939):23-79fortheEarlyByzantineperiod;Karayan-
nopulos(1958):168-177;Collot(1965);Liebs(1978):esp.168-186;Noethlichs(1981):69-77,
195-199;MacMullen(1988):137-170;MalavéOsuna(2003);Kelly(2004):138-185,esp.158-165.
51Originally,thetermsuffragiumdenotedakindofballot,thenanelectoralassembly,
whileintheimperialeraitbecamesynonymouswithgivinginformalsupport.SeeHeider
(2001).Suffragiuminthelattersensewaspartlyrecognizedinimperiallegislationand,under
JustinianItheGreatatthelatest,itbecameadditionalsourceofincomefortheimperialtreasury.
Uponabolishingvicariatesin535,Justinianfurnishedpublicadministrationwithofficialratesfor
actionsrelatingtoappointment:Nov.Iust.8(a.535).OnthisconstitutionseealsoChapter6.
ItshouldbenotedthatsimilarsolutionshadbeenimplementedthepreviousyearinAfrica:
C.1,27,1(a.534).Onthefeescf.Jones(1964):230,394-395,572etseq.;MalavéOsuna(2005):
109-111.Kelly(2004):esp.158-165,indicatethatJustinianstrovetogaincontrolofthepractice
andtheratesoffees,nottoeliminatethemaltogether.Inturn,Gizewski(1988):223-228ex-
pressesdoubtsastotheapplicabilityofNov.Iust.8inthecaseofofficesotherthanprovince
governorsandquestionsitssignificancegiventhatimperialconstitutionsregulatingthefees
hadbeenissuedpreviously.SeealsoPuliatti(2011a):9-16.Paymentofanalogousfeesfor
appointmentwastoapplyalsotonewofficesofprovincegovernorsestablishedunderJustini-
anIandtheirofficia.Nov.Iust.:24-27infine(a.535);30,6(a.536);Ed.Iust.4,1.Cf.incomplete
listingoffeesprovidedforintheregulationsdatingfromJustinian’stimesinPuliatti(1980)
117.InthelightofactionsundertakenbyJustinian,theaccusationsofProcopiusofCaesarea,
whoclaimedthatthepracticeofsellingofficeswaspropagatedbytheemperor,seemincredi-
ble(Procop.HA21).SeeCameron(1996):61(ibidem:47-65,theauthoranalysesacritiqueof
Justinianpublishedinapamphlet,whichdoesnotopposeimperialruleassuch).Seealso
Puliatti(1984):148-151onlegislationdepartingfromtherulesconcerningsuffragiumwhich
wereintroducedunderJustinianI.
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