Becoming thus a relative of the Byzantine emperor, Michael secured a prominent position in the imperial hierarchy.

These local forms of religiosity, after all, did not depend on the imperial hierarchy of the Incas, and indeed flourished in its absence.

Through the influence of his father, he quickly rose in the imperial hierarchy and was named parakoimomenos tou koitonos.

Conscious of the prestige of his mother's family name, young Syrgiannes chose to use that in order to advance himself in the imperial hierarchy.

This fact is clearly illustrated by the relatively lowly positions its admirals held in the imperial hierarchy.

Consequently, their commanding domestikos held the lowest rank of all provincial stratēgoi in the imperial hierarchy.

The title was quickly devalued, already during the 11th century: on seals, it is combined with relatively modest offices in the Byzantine imperial hierarchy.

Lactantius states that Galerius hungered for a higher position in the imperial hierarchy.

Consequently, it never became an established title or rank of the Byzantine imperial hierarchy, but remained a descriptive term.

He usually held the dignity of patrikios, and ranked 51st in the overall imperial hierarchy.