Definition: Magister officiorum 'Master of Offices' was one of the top bureaucrats in the later Roman Empire. In How Rome Fell, Adrian Goldsworthy says the Magister Officiorum had not only bureaucratic and court functions, but also controlled the state arms factories.
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Stilicho was a Magister utriusquae militiae.
