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Toparchēs (Greek: τοπάρχης, "place-ruler"), anglicized as toparch, is a Greek term for a governor or ruler of a district and was later applied to the territory where the toparch exercised his authority.^[1] In Byzantine times, the term came to be applied to independent or semi-independent rulers in the periphery of the Byzantine world.

^ Bagnall, Roger S. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology. New York: Oxford University Press, USA. p. 527. ISBN 9780195178388.

[1] Bagnall, Roger S. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology. New York: Oxford University Press, USA. p. 527. ISBN 9780195178388.

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