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| ==Civilian== | | ==Civilian== |
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− | *'''Basileus''' (bas-uh-LEY-us): Emperor | + | *Basileus (bas-uh-LEY-us): Emperor |
− | **'''Eparch''' (EP-ark): Prefect or governor of the city of Archontos | + | **Eparch (EP-ark): Prefect or governor of the city of Archontos |
− | **'''Exarch''' (EX-ark): Governor of a province that is extended from the imperial city | + | **Exarch (EX-ark): Governor of a province that is extended from the imperial city |
− | **'''Strategos''' (STRA-teh-gos): Governor of a theme (unless that theme is governed by an exarch); also a military title | + | **Archon (AR-kon): Either 1) governor of one of the seven urban districts of Archontos, or 2) sole governor of a smaller city/ town |
− | **'''Archon''' (AR-kon): Either 1) governor of one of the seven urban districts of Archontos, or 2) sole governor of a smaller city/ town
| + | **Strategos (STRA-teh-gos): Governor of a theme (unless that theme is governed by an exarch); also a military title |
− | ***'''Thesmothete''' (THES-mo-theet): Senior administrator, particularly as chief assistant to an archon | + | ***Protonotarios (proto-no-TAR-ee-os): Civilian chief administrator within a military theme |
− | ***'''Logothete''' (LOGO-theet): Financial administrator under an archon or exarch; also the traditional chief of one of the bureaus of imperial bureaucracy; also the chief of a regional branch of the Drome | + | ***Logothete (LOGO-theet): Financial administrator under an archon or exarch; also the traditional chief of one of the bureaus of imperial brueaucracy; also the chief of a regional branch of the Drome |
− | ****'''Chartoularios''' (char-too-LAR-ee-us): Ubiquitous middle- and low-level administrators, reporting to a logothete | + | ***Thesmothete (THES-mo-theet): Senior administrator, particularly as chief assistant to an archon |
− | ***'''Protonotarios''' (proto-no-TAR-ee-os): Civilian chief administrator within a military theme | + | ****Chartoularios (char-too-LAR-ee-us): Ubiquitous middle- and low-level administrators, reporting to a logothete |
− | ***'''Proedros''' (pro-A-dros): Mid-level administrator charged with logistics; under an archon | + | ****Proedros (pro-A-dros): Mid-level administrator charged with logistics; under an archon |
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| + | ***Sebastos (say-BAS-tos): Current leader of one of the Five Families |
− | *'''Sebastos''' (say-BAS-tos): Current leader of one of the Five Families | + | ***Krites (KREE-tays): Judge. Plural: kritai (KREE-tie). |
− | *'''Krites''' (KREE-tays): Judge. Plural: kritai (KREE-tie). | |
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| ==Military== | | ==Military== |
− | *'''Domestikos''' (do-MESS-tee-kos): Chief commander of the entire Archontean military establishment
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− | **'''Strategos''' (STRA-teh-gos): Commander of an army comprised of several disparate units, whether ground or sea forces; also the term for a governor of certain themes. Often used generically as ‘general’.
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− | **'''Droungarios''' (droon-GAR-ee-os): Rear admiral, one in command of multiple naval units; often the adjutant to a naval strategos
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− | ***'''Polemarch''' (POLE-uh-mark): Commander of a legion of 3,000 soldiers; each legion is subdivided into six cohorts
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− | ****'''Komes''' (KO-mays): In a regular legion, commander of a cohort of 500 soldiers; in a cohort of the tagmata, commander of a bandon of 500 soldiers
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− | ****'''Taxiarch''' (TAX-ee-ark): Commander of a cohort of the imperial tagmata; a cohort is subdivided into two banda
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− | *****'''Kentarch''' (KENT-ark): In both regular legions and cohorts of the tagmata, a commander of a kentarchia of 100 soldiers
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− | ******'''Pentarch''' (PENT-ark): In a regular legion, a commander of a pentarchia of 50 soldiers
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− | *******'''Dekarch''' (DEHK-ark): In a regular legion, commander of a konturbs of 10 soldiers; in a cohort of the imperial tagmata, commander of a konturbs of 20 soldiers
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− | ********'''Spatharios''' (spah-THAR-ee-os): Basic legionary, or private
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− | *'''Novarch''' (NOV-ark): Captain of a naval vessel
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− | *'''Magos''' (MA-gos): Military magic user of any level attached to any unit
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