Thrace (theme)
Theme of Thrace θέμα Θρᾴκης, θέμα Θρᾳκῷον | |
---|---|
Arcadiopolis (Lüleburgaz) | |
Historical era | Middle Ages |
• Established | 680/681 |
• Latin conquest | 1204 |
• Nicaean recovery | 1230s |
• Divided into smaller units. | 14th century |
Today part of | Turkey |
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
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
- ^ Haldon 1997, p. 216.
- ^ a b c Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1991, p. 155.
- ^ a b Pertusi 1952, p. 156.
- ^ Kazhdan 1991, pp. 2079–2080.
- ^ Pertusi 1952, p. 157.
- ^ Pertusi 1952, pp. 157–158.
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-0-521-31917-1.
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
- Nesbitt, John; ISBN 0-88402-194-7.
- Pertusi, A. (1952). Constantino Porfirogenito: De Thematibus (in Italian). Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
Further reading
- Humphreys, Mike (2018). "Thrace, Theme of". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.