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Epi tou eidikou
The ''epi tou eidikou'' (, "in charge of the special ()"), also known simply as the ''()idikos'', meaning "Special Secretary", or, from the 11th century on, as the ''logothetes tou eidikou'', was an official of the Byzantine Empire who controlled the department known as ''eidikon'', a special treasury and storehouse.〔.〕〔.〕〔.〕〔.〕
== History and functions ==
The origin of the office is disputed: the department is first attested in the reign of Emperor Theophilos (r. 829–842), but some scholars (e.g. R. Guilland) derive the etymology of the ''eidikon'' department from the word ''idikos'', "private", indicating a continuation of the late Roman office of ''comes rerum privatarum''.〔〔〔.〕 This view is rejected by others, notably J. B. Bury, who see it as a wholly separate institution, juxtaposing the "special" department of the ''eidikon'' with the "general" department or ''genikon'', and consider it as originating in the military departments of the late Roman praetorian prefectures.〔.〕 E. Stein on the other hand connected it to the word ''eidos'', "ware", and regarded the ''eidikon'' as the treasury for revenue paid in kind rather than coin.〔〔.〕
The ''eidikon'' fulfilled the dual function of imperial treasury and storehouse. As a treasury, it stored various precious materials such as silk or gold, and was responsible for the payment of the annual salaries (''rogai'') of officials of senatorial rank.〔 As a storehouse, the ''eidikon'' controlled the state factories producing military equipment (the late Roman ''fabricae'') and was responsible for supplying the necessary matériel for expeditions, ranging from weapons to "sails, ropes, hides, axes, wax, tin, lead, casks" for the fleet or even Arab clothing for the imperial spies.〔〔〔.〕 For expeditions in which the emperor himself took part, the ''eidikos'' accompanied the army at the head of his own baggage train of 46 pack-horses carrying everything "from shoes to candlesticks", as well as large sums of gold and silver coinage for the emperor's use.〔〔.〕
The department is still attested as late as 1081, but was probably abolished some time after; R. Guilland suggested that the ''logothesion'' of the ''oikeiakoi'' ("household men") took over its functions (cf. ''logothetes ton oikeiakon'').〔〔.〕
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