Ὑπεράριθμοι

supernumeraries

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Apr 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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This [sc. was] the number of the so-called scholarii, who were three thousand five hundred [...] Justinian added two thousand others, whom he named thus.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπεράριθμοι· οὗτος ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν σχολαρίων καλουμένων τρισχιλίων πεντακοσίων ὄντων ἑτέρους δισχιλίους ἐντέθεικεν Ἰουστινιανός, οὓς οὕτως ἐκάλεσεν.

Betacode

*(upera/riqmoi: ou(=tos o( a)riqmo\s tw=n sxolari/wn kaloume/nwn trisxili/wn pentakosi/wn o)/ntwn e(te/rous disxili/ous e)nte/qeiken *)ioustiniano/s, ou(\s ou(/tws e)ka/lesen.

Notes

Procopius, Secret History 24.15 & 19 (web addresses 1 and 2); cf. Kaldellis (107). The scholarii were an imperial guard formed by Constantine I, replacing the Pretorian Cohort. The name (with a Latin suffix) comes from the scholae of cadets assigned to the Palace: see sigma 1797. On Justinian see iota 446 generally.

References

A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

σ1797Σχολάριοιscholarii503 [scholarii] were assigned as a guard for the Palace, having been chosen according to merit from the Armenians, to whom the public treasury used from early on to provide higher pay than to all the others.

Neighbouring entries

υ228ὙπεραποθνήσκωI die for, I die on behalf of υ229ὙπεραπολογοῦμαιI speak in defence of υ230Ὑπεράριθμοιsupernumeraries υ231ὙπερασπίζωI shield υ232Ὑπερασπιστήςprotector

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Jul 2024

12 Jul 2024added bibliography, cross-reference, and links to note — Ronald Allen
21 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
29 Apr 2008Revised — David Whitehead
29 Apr 2008another keyword; tweak — David Whitehead
28 Apr 2008Translated — Catharine Roth

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