Commander of the Imperial Fleet of the Byzantine navy
"Megas droungarios" redirects here. For the judicial office megas droungarios tēs viglas, see Droungarios of the Watch.
Gold solidus of Romanos I Lekapenos, who used his position as droungarios of the Fleet to become Emperor
The droungarios of the Fleet (Greek: δρουγγάριος τοῦ πλοΐμου/τῶν πλοΐμων, droungarios tou ploïmou/tōn ploïmōn; after the 11th century δρουγγάριος τοῦ στόλου, droungarios tou stolou),[1] sometimes anglicized as Drungary of the Fleet, was the commander of the Imperial Fleet (βασιλικὸς στόλος, basilikos stolos, or βασιλικὸν πλόϊμον, basilikon ploïmon), the central division of the Byzantine navy stationed at the capital of Constantinople, as opposed to the provincial (thematic) fleets.[2] From the late 11th century, when the Byzantine fleets were amalgamated into a single force under the megas doux, the post, now known as the Grand droungarios of the Fleet (μέγας δρουγγάριος τοῦ στόλου, megas droungarios tou stolou), became the second-in-command of the megas doux and continued in this role until the end of the Byzantine Empire.
^ODB, "Droungarios tou ploimou" (A. Kazhdan), pp. 663–664.
^Guilland 1967, p. 535.
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