Editing Exploring the Halls of Arden Vul: Titles

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==Civilian==

*'''Basileus''' (bas-uh-LEY-us): Emperor
**'''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
**'''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
***'''Thesmothete''' (THES-mo-theet): Senior administrator, particularly as chief assistant to an archon
***'''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
****'''Chartoularios''' (char-too-LAR-ee-us): Ubiquitous middle- and low-level administrators, reporting to a logothete
***'''Protonotarios''' (proto-no-TAR-ee-os): Civilian chief administrator within a military theme
***'''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
*'''Krites''' (KREE-tays): Judge. Plural: kritai (KREE-tie).

==Military==
*'''Domestikos''' (do-MESS-tee-kos): Chief commander of the entire Archontean military establishment
**'''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’.
**'''Droungarios''' (droon-GAR-ee-os): Rear admiral, one in command of multiple naval units; often the adjutant to a naval strategos
***'''Polemarch''' (POLE-uh-mark): Commander of a legion of 3,000 men; each legion is subdivided into six cohorts
****'''Komes''' (KO-mays): In a regular legion, commander of a cohort of 500 men; in a cohort of the tagmata, commander of a bandon of 500 men
****'''Taxiarch''' (TAX-ee-ark): Commander of a cohort of the imperial tagmata; a cohort is subdivided into two banda
*****'''Kentarch''' (KENT-ark): In both regular legions and cohorts of the tagmata, a commander of a kentarchia of 100 men
******'''Pentarch''' (PENT-ark): In a regular legion, a commander of a pentarchia of 50 men
*******'''Dekarch''' (DEHK-ark): In a regular legion, commander of a konturbs of 10 men; in a cohort of the imperial tagmata, commander of a konturbs of 20 men
********'''Spatharios''' (spah-THAR-ee-os): Basic legionary, or private
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*'''Novarch''' (NOV-ark): Captain of a naval vessel

*'''Magos''' (MA-gos): Military magic user of any level attached to any unit