It befits the subject.
The _Despotes_ came after the _Basileus_.

Among other attributes, he was general of the infantry and of the cavalry--_magister utriusque exercitus_.

It was the Emperor Alexis, surnamed the Angel, who created the dignity of _despotes_.

This officer was below the Emperor, and above the Sebastocrator, or Augustus, and above the Caesar.
It will be seen that this is somewhat the case with us.

M.Bonaparte is _despotes_, if we admit, which is not difficult, that Magnan is Caesar, and that Maupas is Augustus.
Despot and dictator, that is admitted.