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en-wikipedia-org-5897		Comes - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2160	196	57	2 Imperial Roman curial titles and offices styled Comites Imperial Roman curial titles and offices styled Comites[edit] The "comites", often translated "counts", though they were neither feudal nor hereditary, became principal officials of the later Roman Empire. Several of the major departments of the Imperial Curia ("Court") and household had a principal official who was styled "comes" and assisted by an "officium" ("staff") very similar to that of a Roman governor. comes Africae: Official responsible for the defense of Roman Africa. The Frankish kings of the Merovingian dynasty retained much of Roman administration, including the office and title of "comes", the original meaning of which they preserved, i. Thus, "comes" has been used as the Latin equivalent, or part of it, of all titles of comital office, whether containing "count" or some other word etymologically derived from "comes" or "graf".	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5897.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5897.txt