Logothetes tou genikou

[1] The genikon was responsible for general taxation and revenue, and also served as a court for financial cases.

[1] As such, it broadly fulfilled the tasks of the earlier sacrae largitiones, although it was mostly derived from the "general department" of the praetorian prefecture.

[2] The first attested logothetes tou genikou, the monk Theodotos, is mentioned in 692, but the post may have been instituted as early as 626.

[3][1] The bureau of the genikon and its logothete remained one of the chief ministries for the entire middle Byzantine period (7th–12th centuries), with the 899 Klētorologion of Philotheos recording the position as ranking 33rd in the imperial hierarchy.

[6] Amongst the Palaiologan-era holders were significant intellectuals and statesmen, such as George Akropolites and Theodore Metochites.