Faction specific development topic - Byzantine Empire

[Solo]

I. Faction

1. Names

Male first names

Alexios
Anastasios
Andreas
Andronikos
Antonios
Athanasios
Bardas
Basileios
Basileios
Basileios
Christophoros
David
Demetrios
Demetrios
Epiphanios
Eustathios
Eustratios
Euthymios
Georgios
Georgios
Georgios
Gregorios
Gregorios
Ioannes
Ioannes
Ioannes
Ioannes
Ioannes
Ioannes
Ioannes
Ioannes
Ioannikos
Joseph
Konstantinos
Konstantinos
Konstantinos
Konstantinos
Konstantinos
Kosmas
Kyriakos
Leon
Leon
Leon
Leontios
Manuel
Michael
Michael
Michael
Michael
Michael
Neophytos
Nikephoros
Nikephoros
Niketas
Niketas
Nikolaos
Nikolaos
Nikolaos
Paulos
Petros
Petros
Romanos
Sergios
Stephanos
Stephanos
Theodoros
Theodoros
Theodoros
Theodosios
Theodoulos
Theophanes
Theophylaktos


Women first names

Anastasia
Anna
Anna
Anna
Anna
Anna
Anna
Anna
Anna
Dobrana
Eirene
Eirene
Eirene
Eirene
Eirene
Eirene
Eudokia
Eudokia
Euphrosyne
Helena
Helena
Kale
Kale
Kale
Maria
Maria
Maria
Maria
Maria
Maria
Maria
Maria
Maria
Maria
Theodora
Theodora


Surnames

Adralestos
Agelastos
Agrites
Akaptos
Akropolites
Alopos
Alousianos
Amigdales
Anatolikos
Anemas
Angelos
Antiochites
Antiochos
Anzas
Aoinos
Aplesphares
Apokapes
Apokaukos
Apotyras
Ardabinos
Areobindenos
Argyropolos
Argyros
Aristenos
Aspietes
Asprakanites
Astoukomites
Ataleiotes
Autoreianos
Axouchos
Balantes
Barbenos
Batatzes
Beriotes
Beroïtes
Bourtzes
Brachamios
Chaldos
Charsianites
Cheilas
Chiones
Choirosphaktes
Choumnos
Chrousos
Chrysobalantites
Chrysoberges
Dalassenos
Dermokaites
Deurinos
Diogenes
Dishypatos
Doukas
Drosinos
Elmases
Eugenianos
Euouranites
Euphyes
Exazenos
Gabras
Gabrielakites
Garidas
Gelotes
Goudeles
Hagiopolites
Hagiostephanites
Hikanatos
Iasites
Ikriotes
Ises
Kaballoures
Kabasilas
Kalamanos
Kalamiotes
Kalokairos
Kamateros
Kamitzos
Kamytzes
Kappadox
Kardamopoulos
Karianis
Karkaronymos
Kastamonites
Kastelites
Katakalos
Kateas
Katharos
Katotikos
Kegenes
Kekaumenos
Kentenares
Kephalas
Kinnamos
Klazomenites
Koklanos
Komites
Komnenos
Kontostephanos
Kopsenos
Koptocheilos
Kordakas
Koreses
Kostomyres
Kouphos
Kourtikios
Krateros
Kyminianos
Lakapenos
Laskaris
Leichoudes
Lemnaios
Lependrenos
Libadares
Libellisios
Machetares
Machetarios
Madytenos
Makrogenes
Makros
Maleïnos
Maleses
Manganes
Maniakes
Manikaïtes
Marzapoulos
Maurikas
Mauros
Melignos
Melissenos
Mermentoulos
Mitylenaios
Moliskotes
Morocharzanes
Mytilenaios
Narbiotes
Nikerites
Olaskos
Oxidas
Paktiares
Panateros
Parsakoutenos
Patrenos
Patzikos
Pediadites
Pediasimos
Pekoules
Pentaplaton
Pepagomenos
Petros
Petroses
Phalkon
Phasoulos
Phialites
Phonaxas
Pikrides
Pleuses
Polyeuktos
Promoundinos
Psellos
Psyllos
Pterotos
Ptochos
Pyrros
Radenos
Rhomaios
Romaios
Romanakes
Sarantenos
Saronites
Schoinas
Serbiotes
Skleropoulos
Skleros
Skoutariotes
Skoutelas
Skylitzes
Smyrnaios
Spanopoulos
Spondyles
Stratiotikos
Synadenos
Syropoulos
Tarchaneiotes
Taronides
Tatikios
Teknodotes
Tetragonites
Theodorokanos
Tilapos
Timonites
Tornikios
Trichas
Trichinopodes
Triphylles
Triphyllios
Tzimiskes
Tzipoureles
Tzitas
Xerites
Xeros
Xiphias
Xiphilinos
Xyleas
Zonaras


2. Family tree

3. Other characters

4. Titles

5. Description

II. Units

'Native' Greeks:
Infantry:

Pezoi Haploi: Militia
Thematikoi Pezoi: Regular spearmen
Skutatoi: Heavy spearmen
Thematikoi Hoplitai: Heavy Infantry (maces and swords)


Missile:

Thematikoi Toxotai: archers, generally well armed
Peltastai (or Euzonoi): javelinmen
Sphendonetai: slingers
Menauliatoi: heavy javelinmen

Cavalry:

Thematikoi Hippakontistai: skirmishing cavalry
Thematikoi Hippeis: medium cavalry
Prokoursatorai: Outriding multi-role cavalry
Trapezitoi: elite light cavalry
Kontophoroi: standard lancers, moderately armored
Kataphraktoi: heavy lancers
Thematikoi Hippotoxotai: horse archers
Toxotai Kataphraktoi: heavy horse archers


Phylakes Katapanes (I will have to check the greek, literally 'guards of the catepan')

Foreigners (used in Italy only, others omitted):

Skythikoi
Alanoi
Arabitai
(others)

Units called in from Constantinople:

Tagmata:

Tagmatikoi Pezoi: heavily armored infantry armed with maces, axes, and swords
Tagmatikoi Kataphraktoi: ultra-heavy shock cavalry
Tagmatikoi Kontophoroi: about the same as regular cataphracts
Tagmatikoi Toxotai: heavy foot archers
Phylakes Barangoi (Varangian Guard):
Basilikon Agema: 'Guards of the Emperor'

[alpaca]

Updated with the unit list as it was provided by Urnamma.

[bovi]

What is the reason for the many duplicate female names? Is it to make the name more likely to appear?

[Solo]

The number of entries in the list match with the frequencies obtained by parsing the database.
Iohannes and Maria are both good examples here since they represent 15% & 27% of their category in the database used to establish the list (out of 6000 characters, which makes it the largest one for the mod) : it's logically the names that get the more entries, so these ones will appear more often ingame.
Note that this is a equalized in the final list, because Iohannes would simply be 100 times more common than the least common first name. Also some dynastic & starting characters names were added to match descr_strat file (because previous generations dont always have common names).