Macedonia (Byzantine theme)

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Macedonia (Byzantine theme) was a Byzantine military-administrative district in the Balkans that served as a key frontier province and later lent its name to the influential Macedonian dynasty.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine administrative division ⓘ
Byzantine theme ⓘ
former military district ⓘ
administrativeCentre Adrianople ⓘ
administrativeLevel provincial-level theme ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Macedonian dynasty ⓘ
borderedBy Theme of Strymon ⓘ
Theme of Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thrace

Theme of Thrace (early period, overlapping definitions) ⓘ
capital Adrianople ⓘ
chronologicalContext post-Iconoclast Byzantine Empire ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dissolvedInCentury 11th century ⓘ
establishedAfter reforms of the Byzantine themata system ⓘ
establishedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
function defense of Byzantine Balkan frontier ⓘ
local civil administration ⓘ
geopoliticalFunction buffer against northern and western threats in the Balkans ⓘ
governanceForm civil governorship under a strategos ⓘ
military governorship ⓘ
governedBy strategos of Macedonia ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
historicalRegion Eastern Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
influenced name of the Macedonian dynasty ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Medieval Greek ⓘ
linkedTo rise of the Macedonian dynasty in the 9th century ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Thrace region ⓘ
linked to: Thrace
militaryCommanderTitle strategos ⓘ
militaryRole deployment area for Byzantine field and thematic troops ⓘ
namedAfter Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia region
partOf Byzantine Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thrace

Byzantine themata system ⓘ
predecessor earlier late Roman provincial structure in Thrace ⓘ
relatedTo Theme of Strymon ⓘ
Theme of Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thrace
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
role frontier province ⓘ
military-administrative district ⓘ
status defunct administrative unit ⓘ
strategicImportance key frontier province in the Balkans ⓘ
typeOfSubdivision theme ⓘ
usedBy Byzantine civil administration ⓘ
Byzantine military administration ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macedonian dynasty → namedAfter → Macedonia (Byzantine theme) ⓘ
Basil I → birthPlace → Theme of Macedonia ⓘ
subject linked to: Byzantine Emperor Basil I
linked to: Macedonia (Byzantine theme)
Archaeological Museum of Serres → hasSubject → Byzantine Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia (Byzantine theme)
Byzantine theme of Thrace → borderedBy → Byzantine theme of Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia (Byzantine theme)
Manuel Panselinos → region → Macedonia (Byzantine cultural region) ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia (Byzantine theme)
Venetian garrison of Thessalonica → historicalRegion → Byzantine Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia (Byzantine theme)