Sirmium (theme)
Theme of Sirmium Σίρμιο, θέμα Σιρμίου | |||||||||||||||
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Theme of Byzantine Empire | |||||||||||||||
Map of Theme Sirmium within Byzantine Empire in 1025. | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Sirmium | ||||||||||||||
• Type | Theme | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||
• Annexation | 1018 | ||||||||||||||
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The Theme of Sirmium (
Background
In the 6th century, another Byzantine province existed in this area. It was known as
In the beginning of the 11th century, the area which later became the Theme of Sirmium lay within the borders of the
In 1019–20, the bishoprics of Sirmium, Ras and Prizren (roughly corresponding to modern-day Serbia) are mentioned as the westernmost eparchies in the area of the Archbishopric of Ohrid.[1] To the west of these eparchies lay a borderland with ecclesiastical provinces of the Metropolitanate of Dyrrhachium and Catholic bishoprics of maritime cities.[1]
Geography
The exact borders of the Theme of Sirmium are unclear: according to some sources, theme included region of Syrmia (on the northern bank of the Sava river) as well as parts of modern Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the southern bank of the Sava river,[2] while, according to other sources, it extended along the southern bank of the Danube and along the river Sava.[citation needed]
In this time, the name "Syrmia" was used as a designation for territories on the both banks of the river Sava, while later, designations "Syrmia on this side" (in the north of the Sava river) and "Syrmia on the other side" (in the south of the Sava river) were introduced, until finally, the territory in the south of the Sava river received name "Mačva".
History
After the
Governors
There were at least three governors,
- Constantine Diogenes, 1018–29
- Theophilos Erotikos, 1040
- Ljutovid, fl. 1039–42
See also
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References
- ^ a b Vizantološki institut 2007, p. 197.
- ^ Brujić 2004.
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Sources
- Brujić, Dragan (2004). Vodič kroz svet Vizantije: od Konstantina do pada Carigrada. Dina. ISBN 978-86-85275-02-9.
- ISBN 9781405142915.
- Коматина, Ивана; Коматина, Предраг (2018). "Византијски и угарски Срем од X до XIII века" [The Byzantine and Hungarian Syrmia in the 10th-13th Centuries]. Зборник радова Византолошког института (in Serbian). 55: 141–164.
- Maksimović, Ljubomir (2008). Византијски свет и Срби. Историјски институт у Београду. ISBN 9788677430726.
- Ostrogorsky, George (1956). History of the Byzantine State. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- Vizantološki institut (2007). Zbornik radova. Vol. 44. SANU.
External links
- "1018_1183 map". Anamnesis.info.