Category
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Basil I
Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886
Joseph Bringas
Byzantine admiral
Vasilios Lekapenos
Byzantine official
John the Orphanotrophos
Chief Court eunuch (1000-1043)
Alexios Apokaukos
Byzantine politician and military leader

parakoimomenos
The parakoimōmenos (, literally "the one who sleeps beside [the emperor's chamber]") was a Byzantine court position, usually reserved for eunuchs. The position's proximity to the emperors guaranteed its holders influence and power, and many of them, especially in the 9th and 10th centuries, functioned as the Byzantine Empire's chief ministers.
Samonas
Samonas (, 875 – after 908) was an Arab eunuch, who was captured by the Byzantines and became one of the most influential officials of the Byzantine Empire during the first decade of the 10th century.
Isaac Doukas Vatatzes
Byzantine prince (c. 1188–1261)
Damian
parakoimomenos
Constantine Barbaros
Byzantine eunuch servant