Thrace (theme)

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Theme of Thrace
θέμα Θρᾴκης, θέμα Θρᾳκῷον
Arcadiopolis (Lüleburgaz)
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
680/681
• Latin conquest
1204
• Nicaean
recovery
1230s
• Divided into smaller units.
14th century
Today part ofTurkey

The Theme of Thrace (

theme) of the Byzantine Empire located in the south-eastern Balkans, comprising varying parts of the eponymous geographic region
during its history.

History

Traditionally, it has been held that the theme (at the time primarily a military command) was constituted in c. 680, as a response to the

Adrianople
was probably the theme's capital.

Under Empress

Eastern Thrace, although it extended north along the coast to include Anchialos.[6]

From the eleventh century, Thrace and Macedonia appear to have been usually combined, as attested by numerous strategoi and judges (

Palaiologan period, but it is still encountered in some historians of the time as an antiquarian term.[7]

References

  1. ^ Haldon 1997, p. 216.
  2. ^ a b c Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1991, p. 155.
  3. ^ a b Pertusi 1952, p. 156.
  4. ^ Kazhdan 1991, pp. 2079–2080.
  5. ^ Pertusi 1952, p. 157.
  6. ^ Pertusi 1952, pp. 157–158.
  7. ^ a b Kazhdan 1991, p. 2080.

Sources

  • Haldon, John F. (1997). Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
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  • Nesbitt, John; .
  • Pertusi, A. (1952). Constantino Porfirogenito: De Thematibus (in Italian). Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.

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