Ῥόγα

dole, largesse

Translated by Catharine Roth1 Sep 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

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The [sc. Byzantine] emperors' piety and love of honor.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥόγα· ἡ τῶν βασιλέων εὐσέβεια καὶ φιλοτιμία.

Betacode

*(ro/ga: h( tw=n basile/wn eu)se/beia kai\ filotimi/a.

Not in LSJ, but see Lampe s.v.; probably related to Latin rogāre "ask, beg." The term is used lavishly in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De ceremoniis.

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