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Great(reigning306-337)36tothefinalabolishmentofvicariatesbyJustinian
(reigning527-565)inthenovel8dated15April,535,aswellasfurthermod-
ificationsofimperialadministrationintroducedbythelatteratasupra-
provinciallevel.37
Intermsofterritory,thestudyconcernsalldiocesesoftheRomanem-
pire,excludingdioceseadministratorswithspecialstatus:comesOrientis,
praefectusAugustalisaswellasvicarsresidinginRome,includingvicarius
urbi(Romae).Thisisjustifiednotonlyinviewofthesources;suchascopeis
alsodictatedbyvitalconsiderationsrelatingtothesubstance.38
Theworkemployshistorical-legalmethodology,consistinginananaly-
sisofthejudicatureofdiocesanvicarsinthelightoflegalsources.Thanksto
iconographic,narrativeandepigraphicalsources,thedescriptionoftheposi-
tionofdiocesanvicarswassupplementedwithknowncasesdemonstrating
howindividualvicarscarriedouttheirjudicialdutiesinthejudiciaryarea
andhowtheircontemporariesunderstoodthenatureoftheirjudicature.
Sincecertaintermsappearintheworkveryoften,theyarereferredtoby
meansofabbreviationsadoptedintheliteratureofthesubject(theirmean-
ingsareprovidedinanappropriatelist).Theintentiontoutilizeallavailable
sourcesresultedinanabbreviatedformofbibliographicreferences.The
authorhopes,however,thatthiswillnotcausethereaderanydifficultyin
theperusalofthisstudy,whichwilladditionallybefacilitatedbytabular-
izedinformationandillustrations.Withrespecttonamesandancient
denominations,theauthorfollowedtheprinciplewherebytheyarewritten
intheformclosesttotheoriginal,withtheexceptionofthosewhichhad
alreadybeenmodernizedandhavebecomeestablishedinliterature.
Analysisofthejudiciaryofdiocesanvicarsrequiredverybroadstudies.
Firstly,theauthorsetouttodeterminewhetheritwouldbepossibleto
admitthewidespreadviewclaimingthatagentesvicespraefectorumprae-
toriofromtheTetrarchyperiodareidenticalwithdiocesanvicars,which.
wouldbecrucialfortheestablishmentofthetimewhendiocesanorganiza-
tionwithvicarsasdiocesesadministratorsbecameconsolidated.Subse-
quently,itwasnecessarytodeterminewhetherthethesisstatingthatcomes
OrientisandpraefectusAugustalisweredioceseadministrators.Bothareoften
consideredtobeimperialofficialswhoheldthefunctionofvicarswith
ahigher,honorarystatus.
Byfocusingexclusivelyonthejudiciary,amostsignificantissuefromthe
pointofviewofexpectationsoftheantiqueera,itbecamepossibletoretrace
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36SeeChapter2.2.
37SeeChapter2.3.
38OnthedistinctivenesshighlightedinthesourcesseeChapters2.2.3;4and5.1.
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