bout de papier, Volume 23, Issue No. 4, 2008
bout de papier, Volume 24, Issue No. 1, 2008
Peter and the Persians
From 540 to 565, Peter the Patrician (what a name for a diplomat!) was Constantinople’s Magister Officorum (Master of Offices). The Magister was a sort of “Minister of Everything.” His responsibilities included: the Imperial Guard; the Agentes in Rebus (a cross between…
