Contents
For each half of the empire, the Notitia enumerates all major 'dignities' (i.e. offices) in its gift, often with their location and even their exact officium (staff, enumerated except for the most junior). These are organised by:
- Court officials (including the most senior dignitaries such as praetorian prefects).
- Vicars and provincial governors, arranged by praetorian prefecture and diocese.
- Military commanders (magistri militum, comites rei militaris and duces), showing the full titles and stations of their regiments.
The most recent editor of Notitia Dignitatum is Robert Ireland, in British Archaeological Reports, International Series 63.2.
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