Vestitor

The {{lang|la|vestitor}}, Hellenized as {{Transliteration|el|vestētōr}} ({{langx|el|βεστήτωρ}}) was a lowly Byzantine palace position and rank.

As their name suggests, the {{lang|la|vestitores}} were originally officials of the imperial wardrobe ({{langx|la|vestiarium}}, adopted into Greek as {{Transliteration|el|vestiarion}}), and are first attested as such in the 6th century.{{sfn|Bury|1911|p=25}} By the 9th century, the title had also become an honorary dignity ({{lang|el|δια βραβείου άξια}}, {{Transliteration|el|dia brabeiou axia}}) intended for "bearded men" (i.e. non-eunuchs), marked in the Klētorologion of 899 as the third-lowest of the imperial hierarchy, coming between the {{Transliteration|el|silentiarios}} and the {{Transliteration|el|mandatōr}} (both also classes of palace officials). Its distinctive insignia was a {{lang|la|fiblatorium}}, a cloak fastened by a fibula brooch.{{sfn|Bury|1911|p=22}}

According to the Klētorologion, together with the {{Transliteration|el|silentiarioi}}, the {{Transliteration|el|vestētores}} were under the command of the court official known as the {{Transliteration|el|epi tēs katastaseōs}}. The later De Ceremoniis of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ({{reign|913|959}}) indicates that they assisted the {{Transliteration|el|praipositos}} in dressing the emperor, while the chronicler Theophanes the Confessor calls them wardens of the imperial crown.{{harvnb|Kazhdan|1991|p=2164}}. From sigillographic evidence, in the 9th century the rank was held by senior provincial officials, i.e. {{Transliteration|el|prōtonotarioi}} (heads of the civil administration) and {{Transliteration|el|kommerkiarioi}} (customs officials) of the themes. The term last occurs in the 10th century.