Logothetes tou stratiotikou

This duty was originally exercised by the praetorian prefecture, but the military chest (το στρατιωτικόν, to stratiotikon) was eventually detached and formed as a separate logothesion (department).

The first attested logothetes tou stratiotikou was Julian, the "most glorious apo hypaton and patrikios" in 680.

[1][2] The exact sphere of duties of the Military Logothete is somewhat obscure.

The only direct evidence as to his functions comes from the De Ceremoniis of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (r. 913–959), according to which he oversaw the imposition and exemption from taxes on the households of soldiers.

[2] The subordinates of the logothetes tou stratiotikou were: Rodolphe Guilland also lists some 6th-century officials, who served under Justinian I and were in charge of the army pay chest, as predecessors of the later office of logothetes tou stratiotikou: Alexander "Scissors", active in Greece and Italy in c. 540–541;[12][13] the patrikios and former praetorian prefect Archelaus, who accompanied Belisarius as his quartermaster in the Vandalic War;[12][14] and the senator Symmachus, who was sent to Africa as praetorian prefect and quartermaster for Germanus in 536–539.