Immersive cultures – Byzantium Eternal

The third mod in the Immersive cultures series, the aim of Byzantium eternal is to add a bit more flavour to the Byzantine empire. There are already some fantastic overhaul mods out there for the Byzantine empire, this mod simply looks to make the Empire a bit more distinct and unique from the other factions without altering the vanilla game balance. As always, i have tried to remain authentic but some liberties have been taken where I felt it was needed.

( All changes are purely cosmetic and don’t alter the vanilla game balance )

( Only effects Byzantine Culture )

NAME CHANGES –

Duke/Doux – Katepanos ( Responsible for governing a collection of smaller Themata. The title was pretty much interchangeable with Doux, both serving the same purpose. Change was made for flavor sake.

Duchess – Katepaneira

Count – Strategos ( Local commander responsible for the military and civil administration of a Theme/Themata

Countess – Strategeira

Mayor – Praetor ( By this point in time Praetor had become a lower administrative position of a theme subordinate to the local Strategos )

Grand Mayor – Kephale ( Local governor, would go on to replace the title of Doux in the later empire )

Female Grand mayor/wife – Kephaleira

Grand mayor of a duchy – Katholikai Kephale ( Senior Kephale who oversaw multiple areas and their respective Kephales )

Feamle Grand mayor of a duchy/wife – Katholikai Kephaleira

King ( Independent only ) – Autokrator ( Greek term for Imperator, another word for Emperor )

Queen ( Independent only ) – Autokrateira

Leader of an independent duchy realm – Hypatos ( Consul. A bit of a liberty this one, term was largely out of use by this point but think of it as a smaller independent ruler using an older presitigous title to gain a measure of legitimacy. )

Female leader or wife of an independent duchy realm – Hypateira

Despot – Unchanged unless independent, see king entry above.

Basileus – Unchanged

TITLE CHANGES –

Duchy – Katepanate ( Several Themata collected under the rule of a Katepanos )

County – Thema ( Designated lands of a Theme )

County under a republic vassal – Katepanikion ( Land under the jurisdiction of a Kephale )

Duchy under a republic vassal – Kephalatikion ( Term was interchangeable with Katepanikion, Change made for flavor sake. )

Independent duchy rank realm – Provincia ( Land governed by a Hypatos/Consul. )

Independent Kingdom rank realm – Empire ( The smaller rump states that formed after the fall of Constantinople to the fourth crusade continued to call themselves empires, so i think this is more fitting. )

HOLDING CHANGES –

Castle holding/Barony – Kastron ( Fortified capital of a region )

Church holding/Bishopric – Patriarchate ( Lands under the sway of the church )

City holdings – Polis

Fully save game compatible during testing – Should be compatible with anything that does not alter the byzantine culture group.
If you are interested in the other Immersive culture mods, they can be found in the collection above.

Any suggestion on how to improve or expand the mod are welcome, as well as any bug/issues that need fixing.