Mouamet Dekanos

Mouamet Dekanos the deputy of the Augustal prefect of Egypt in Alexandria. He was a slight, dark man with circles under his eyes from dealing with the seemingly intractable disputes of Egyptians.

Basil Argyros, a magistrianos, met with him to discuss the delays in the reconstruction of the pharos or lighthouse that maked the harbor. Dekanos explained that the skilled craftsmen working on the project had exercised their ancient right of "khoresis" or "withdrawal" and had stopped working. The authorities feared that attempts to bring them back to work by force would result in an Egypt wide khoresis.

Mouamet was named after Saint Mouamet who had lived some 700 years earlier.