acta
The greetings addressed as ‘slogans’ by the citizens or the soldiers to the officials in meeting places or when the army gathered to be inspected by a senior political figure. When the emperor was greeted, the term was ‘acta’.

bouleuterion
Council house. An assembly hall for magistrates or members of the council.

comes
1. A title in the Roman and the Byzantine Empires, designating an official with political but mostly military jurisdiction. Especially the comes Orientis held the position corresponding to that of a vicar in Early Byzantine period. In the years of Justinian I, the comes in head of wider provinces assumed political and military powers, while in the Middle Byzantine period the Opsikion theme was one of the few themes which was the jurisdiction of a comes instead of a strategos.2. A nobility title in medieval Europe.

consularis
A Roman title that was given to former consuls. From the 3rd century on, the title was also used for governors of provinces where several legions were assigned.

curiales
Curiales were the members of the city councils (gr.: boule) in the late Roman Empire. They belonged to the local aristocracy and were officials of the municipal administration, responsible for the normal functioning of the city's institutions as well as for local tax-collecting. A city's boule could count from 100 to 200 curiales, depending on the city's population.