Thessalonica (theme)
| Theme of Thessalonica Θεσσαλονίκη, θέμα Θεσσαλονίκης | ||
|---|---|---|
Nicaean Empire | 1242 | |
• Captured by Ottomans | 1392 | |
| Today part of | Greece | |
The Theme of Thessalonica (
History
In
The strategos of Thessalonica is attested for the first time in 836, but a letter of Emperor Michael II (r. 820–829) to the Frankish king Louis the Pious (r. 814–840) may indicate the theme's existence already in 824.[3][4] The historian Warren Treadgold dates the theme's creation to c. 809, during the anti-Bulgarian campaigns of Emperor Nikephoros I (r. 802–811) which extended Byzantine rule to the city's hinterland.[5] Treadgold further conjectures that its troops in the 9th century numbered about 2,000 men.[6] To the east, the theme extended to the river Strymon and the theme of the same name. To the south, it bounded the theme of Hellas, somewhere in northern Thessaly. Its western and northern bounds were undetermined, fluctuating with the tide of war between the Byzantines, the local Slavic tribes, and the Bulgarians.[7]
Under Emperor
References
- ^ a b ODB, "Thessalonike" (T. E. Gregory), pp. 2071–2072.
- ^ Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1991, p. 50.
- ^ Oikonomides 1972, p. 352.
- ^ a b c d ODB, "Thessalonike" (T. E. Gregory, A. Kazhdan), p. 2073
- ^ Treadgold 1995, p. 29.
- ^ Treadgold 1995, pp. 66–69.
- ^ Pertusi 1952, pp. 168–169.
- ^ Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1991, p. 51.
- ^ Treadgold 1995, pp. 36, 114.
Sources
- Chatziantoniou, Elisavet (2012–2013). "Παρατηρήσεις σχετικά με την οικονομική διοίκηση του θέματος Βολερού, Στρυμόνος και Θεσσαλονίκης (11ος αι.)" [Observations regarding the Fiscal Administration of the theme of Boleros, Strymon, and Thessalonike (11th century)] (PDF). Byzantiaka (in Greek). 30. Thessaloniki: Hellenic Historical Society: 149–193. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
- Nesbitt, John; ISBN 0-88402-194-7.
- Oikonomides, Nicolas (1972). Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles(in French). Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
- Pertusi, A. (1952). Constantino Porfirogenito: De Thematibus (in Italian). Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
- Treadgold, Warren T. (1995). Byzantium and Its Army, 284–1081. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3163-2.