Modern historians often refer to Christians following the Latin rites in the eastern Mediterranean as "Franks" or "Latins", regardless of their country of origin, whereas they use the words "Rhomaios" and "Rûmi" ("Roman") for Orthodox Christians. On a number of Greek islands, Catholics are still referred to as () or "Franks", for instance on Syros, where they are called (). The period of Crusader rule in Greek lands is known to this day as the "Frankokratia" ("rule of the Franks").