 This is an obvious translation of the Latin term "magister utriusque militiae", especially as the contemporary historian Eunapius records that the "stratopedarchēs" was "the greatest of offices".Other Greek-language authors translate Ardabur's title more commonly with "stratēlatēs" or "stratēgos".The German historian Albert Vogt suggested that the "stratopedarchai" were military intendants, responsible for army supplies and managing the fortified assembly bases, the "mitata".