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 Many words or terms in the [[timelines:A Song of Roland]] timeline have different meanings then IOTL, and a glossary is of some use here.
 ===== Concepts =====
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 **Farakhshanite**: The name for Muslim Corsairs that live in Provence. IOTL they were thrown out after attacking Cluny, but ITTL they are used as a tool by the Kings of Burgundy in their power struggles.
+**Peace and Truce of God**
 ===== Geography =====
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 **East Sea**: The Baltic Sea
-**Formosa**: A most beautiful place
+**Formosa**: North America, or at least part of it
+**Pannonia**: The province of the WRE formed out of what was OTL Western Hungary.
-**Pannonia**: The kingdom of the WRE formed out of what was OTL Western Hungary.
 ===== Military Terms =====
+**Anabasii** New army units formed by the ERE Alexander during the Persian Wars. The Anabasii are scouting units and are to act as the first line of attack and scouting of a Greek Army. They are made up primarily of light infantry and light horsemen, such as the Patzinaks.
 **Duke (Dux)**: The title of a commander of an Imperial Legion rather then a noble title as IOTL.
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 **Jarl**: A term from Denmark that had spread through the Empire, used to signify a commander below a Duke in the Imperial Army or commander of a camp of Franciscans.
+**Shadow Knight** See Stiletto
+**Stiletto**
 ===== Ecclesiastical Titles =====
-**Primate**: The supreme Ecclesiastical power below the Patriarch of the West. They are generally tied to either a Kingdom or Geographical area. For example, the Primate of Francia has ecclesiastical control over the Kingdom of Francia, but the Patriarch of Spain has ecclesiastical control over the three Imperial Kingdoms of Gothica, Valencia, and Toledo, along with Leon and Santiago, and the Christians in the Emirate of Cordoba.
+**Primate**: The supreme Ecclesiastical power below the Patriarch of the West. They are generally tied to either a Kingdom or Geographical area. For example, the Primate of Francia has ecclesiastical control over the Kingdom of Francia, but the Patriarch of Spain has ecclesiastical control over the not only the Kingdom of Gothica but the Imperial provinces of Toledo, Valencia, Badajoz, along with Leon and Santiago, and the Christians in the Emirate of Cordoba.
 ===== Secular Titles =====
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 **Comes**: The title granted to a Graf/Bishop/institution that holds a seat in the Diet of a Kingdom.
-**Graf**: Low level landowner, analogous to an OTL Count. Graf's are known as Gastalds in Italy.
+**Graf**: Low level landowner, analogous to an OTL Count.
 **Palatine**: A generic term for clerks/bureaucrats, as the Palatine retains their original OTL role ITTL.