"Byzantine Logothete."
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[[Term applied by Roosevelt to President Wilson. Taken from Hodgkin's Italy and Her Invaders, or Bury's Hist. of the Later Roman Empire. The officials of Byzantium were called Logothetes, "men of learning," "academic"; their foes were "barbarians." These men wrote notes to their foes, who read the notes and conquered the empire. Term defined by Prof. Basil Gildersleeve as "a scrivener, a subordinate who draws up papers." See N. Y. Tribune, Dec. 13, 1915.
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[[Term applied by Roosevelt to President Wilson. Taken from Hodgkin's Italy and Her Invaders, or Bury's Hist. of the Later Roman Empire. The officials of Byzantium were called Logothetes, "men of learning," "academic"; their foes were "barbarians." These men wrote notes to their foes, who read the notes and conquered the empire. Term defined by Prof. Basil Gildersleeve as "a scrivener, a subordinate who draws up papers." See N. Y. Tribune, Dec. 13, 1915.