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Thrace (theme), the Glossary

The Theme of Thrace (θέμα Θρᾴκης or θέμα Θρᾳκῷον) was a province (thema or theme) of the Byzantine Empire located in the south-eastern Balkans, comprising varying parts of the eponymous geographic region during its history.^[1]

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Geography of medieval Thrace
Medieval Thrace
Roman Thrace
States and territories disestablished in the 14th century
States and territories established in the 680s
Themes of the Byzantine Empire

Anastasian Wall

The Anastasian Wall (Greek: Ἀναστάσειον Τεῖχος, Anastáseion Teîchos; Anastasius Suru) or the Long Walls of Thrace (Greek: Μακρὰ Τείχη τῆς Θράκης, Makrà Teíchē tês Thrákēs; Turkish: Uzun Duvar) or simply Long Wall / Macron Teichos (Μακρὸν τεῖχος) is an ancient stone and turf fortification located west of Istanbul, Turkey, built by the Eastern Roman Empire during the late 5th century.

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Anatolia

Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Asparuh of Bulgaria

Asparuh (also Ispor; Asparuh or (rarely) Isperih) was а ruler of Bulgars in the second half of the 7th century and is credited with the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681.

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Balkan Mountains

The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkans in Southeastern Europe.

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Bergule

Bergule or Bergula or Bergoule (Βεργούλη), also Bergulium or Bergoulion (Βεργούλιον), also called Bergulae or Virgulae, was a town in ancient Thrace, which was in later times called Arcadiopolis, Arcadiupolis, or Arkadioupolis (Ἀρκαδιούπολις).

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Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy

Throughout the fifth century, Hellenistic political systems, philosophies, and theocratic Christian-Eastern concepts had gained power in the eastern Greek-speaking Mediterranean due to the intervention of important religious figures there such as Eusebius of Caesarea and Origen of Alexandria who had been key to developing the constant Christianized worldview of late antiquity.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty

The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople by the usurper Michael VIII Palaiologos following its recapture from the Latin Empire, founded after the Fourth Crusade (1204), up to the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire.

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Byzantine–Bulgarian wars

The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and Bulgaria which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan peninsula after 680 AD.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Thrace (theme) and Constantinople are medieval Thrace.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Diocese of Thrace

The Diocese of Thrace (Dioecesis Thraciae, Διοίκησις Θρᾴκης) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of the eastern Balkan Peninsula (comprising territories in modern south-eastern Romania, central and eastern Bulgaria, and Greek and Turkish Thrace). Thrace (theme) and diocese of Thrace are medieval Thrace and Roman Thrace.

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East Thrace

East Thrace or eastern Thrace (Doğu Trakya or simply Trakya; Anatolikí Thráki; Iztochna Trakiya), also known as Turkish Thrace or European Turkey, is the part of Turkey that is geographically a part of Southeast Europe.

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Edirne

Edirne, historically known as Adrianople (Adrianoúpolis), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace.

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Empire of Nicaea

The Empire of Nicaea (Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων) or the Nicene Empire was the largest of the three Byzantine GreekA Short history of Greece from early times to 1964 by W. A. Heurtley, H. C. Darby, C. W. Crawley, C. M. Woodhouse (1967), p. 55: "There in the prosperous city of Nicaea, Theodoros Laskaris, the son in law of a former Byzantine Emperor, establish a court that soon become the Small but reviving Greek empire." rump states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled when Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian armed forces during the Fourth Crusade, a military event known as the Sack of Constantinople.

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First Bulgarian Empire

The First Bulgarian Empire (blŭgarĭsko tsěsarǐstvije; Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans. Thrace (theme) and First Bulgarian Empire are states and territories established in the 680s.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Ibn al-Faqih

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadani (احمد بن محمد ابن فقيه همدانی) (fl. 902) was a 10th-century Persian historian and geographer, famous for his Mukhtasar Kitab al-Buldan ("Concise Book of Lands") written in Arabic.

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Ibn Khordadbeh

Abu'l-Qasim Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (ابوالقاسمعبیدالله ابن خرداذبه; 820/825–913), commonly known as Ibn Khordadbeh (also spelled Ibn Khurradadhbih; ابن خرددة), was a high-ranking bureaucrat and geographer of Persian descent in the Abbasid Caliphate.

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Irene of Athens

Irene of Athens (Εἰρήνη, Eirḗnē; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant and sole ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire from 797 to 802.

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Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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Krum

Krum (Крум, Κροῦμος/Kroumos), often referred to as Krum the Fearsome (Крум Страшни) was the Khan of Bulgaria from sometime between 796 and 803 until his death in 814.

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Latin Empire

The Latin Empire, also referred to as the Latin Empire of Constantinople, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire.

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Lüleburgaz

Lüleburgaz (Modern Greek: Λουλέ Μπουργκάς Lule Burgas; Bulgarian: Люлебургаз Lyuleburgaz), Bergoule (Ancient Greek: Βεργούλη) or Arcadiopolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκαδιούπολις Arkadiópolis) is the largest city of Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey.

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Macedonia (theme)

The Theme of Macedonia (θέμα Μακεδονίας) was a military-civilian province (theme) of the Byzantine Empire established between the late 8th century and the early 9th century. Thrace (theme) and Macedonia (theme) are geography of medieval Thrace, medieval Thrace and themes of the Byzantine Empire.

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Moesia

Moesia (Latin: Moesia; Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River.

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Omurtag of Bulgaria

Omurtag (or Omortag) also known as Murtag or Murtagon (Омуртаг; original ΜορτάγωνTheophanes Continuatus, p.64 and George Kedrenos and ΟμουρτάγВеселин Бешевлиев, Първобългарски надписи.

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Opsikion

The Opsician Theme (θέμα Ὀψικίου, thema Opsikiou) or simply Opsikion (Greek: Ὀψίκιον, from Obsequium) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) located in northwestern Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Thrace (theme) and Opsikion are themes of the Byzantine Empire.

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Patrician (ancient Rome)

The patricians (from patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome.

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Pomorie

Pomorie (Поморие), historically known as Anchialos (Αγχίαλος), is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

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Simeon I of Bulgaria

Tsar Simeon (also Symeon) I the Great (cěsarĭ Sỳmeonŭ prĭvŭ Velikŭ Simeon I Veliki Sumeṓn prôtos ho Mégas) ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927,Lalkov, Rulers of Bulgaria, pp.

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Sozopol

Sozopol (Созопол; translit) is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

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Strategos

Strategos, plural strategoi, Latinized strategus, (στρατηγός, pl.; Doric Greek: στραταγός, stratagos; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general.

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Theme (Byzantine district)

The themes or (θέματα,, singular) were the main military and administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire. Thrace (theme) and theme (Byzantine district) are themes of the Byzantine Empire.

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Thrace

Thrace (Trakiya; Thráki; Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe.

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Thracesian Theme

The Thracesian Theme (Θρᾳκήσιον θέμα, Thrakēsion thema), more properly known as the Theme of the Thracesians (θέμα Θρᾳκησίων, thema Thrakēsiōn, often simply Θρᾳκήσιοι, Thrakēsioi), was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Thrace (theme) and Thracesian Theme are themes of the Byzantine Empire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace_(theme)

Also known as Byzantine Thrace, Medieval thrace, Theme of Thrace, Thrace in the middle ages.

Thrace (theme), the Glossary

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See also

Geography of medieval Thrace

Medieval Thrace

Roman Thrace

States and territories disestablished in the 14th century

States and territories established in the 680s

Themes of the Byzantine Empire

References