panhypersebasto

Updated: May 28, 2025

Instead of red, the buskins of the Sebastocrator and Cæsar were green; and on their open coronets or crowns, the precious gems were more sparingly distributed. Beside and below the Cæsar the fancy of Alexius created the Panhypersebasto and the Protosebastos, whose sound and signification will satisfy a Grecian ear.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5