# Apographeus

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***Apographeus*** (Greek: ἀπογραφεύς) was a fiscal office in the last centuries of the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire).

The office first appears in the [Komnenian period](/source/Komnenian_period), either under [Alexios I Komnenos](/source/Alexios_I_Komnenos) (r.) or at any rate by the third quarter of the 12th century, and apparently replaced the *[anagrapheus](/source/Anagrapheus)*. The office continued in existence until the [end](/source/Fall_of_Constantinople) of the Byzantine Empire in the 15th century.[1] The *apographeus* was in charge of the land survey (*apographē*) that served as the basis for the tax assessment owed by individuals, as well for the purpose of redivision of lands (*merismos*) and the assessment of imperial grants of revenue (*posotēs*) of an estate to *[pronoia](/source/Pronoia)* holders or to establishments such as monasteries and other pious foundations.[1] The post of *apographeus* was often held in tandem by the governor (*[doux](/source/Dux)*, *[kephalē](/source/Kephale_(Byzantine_Empire))*) of a province.[1]

## References

1. Kazhdan 1991, p. 134.

## Sources

- Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Apographeus". *[The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium](/source/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Byzantium)*. Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.

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