Byzantine theme of Syria

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The Byzantine theme of Syria was a major military-administrative province of the Byzantine Empire centered on Antioch, serving as a key frontier region against Arab powers in the Middle Ages.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine theme ⓘ
military-administrative province ⓘ
administrativeFunction provincial governance ⓘ
administrativeHead strategos of Syria ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Byzantine–Abbasid conflicts ⓘ
Byzantine–Umayyad conflicts ⓘ
borderedBy Arab-controlled territories ⓘ
borderFunction buffer zone between Byzantine Empire and Arab powers ⓘ
capital Antioch ⓘ
centeredOn Antioch ⓘ
ethnicComposition Greek-speaking population ⓘ
Syriac-speaking population ⓘ
frontierType eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
function local judicial administration ⓘ
military recruitment ⓘ
tax collection ⓘ
garrisonType thematic troops ⓘ
geopoliticalRole zone of contest between Byzantines and Arab Caliphates ⓘ
governedBy strategos ⓘ
governingSystem theme system ⓘ
higherJurisdiction Byzantine emperor in Constantinople ⓘ
historicalRegion Syrian frontier ⓘ
historicalSignificance major Byzantine stronghold in northern Syria ⓘ
imperialAuthorityRepresentedBy strategos ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Greek ⓘ
linkedTo city of Antioch as patriarchal see ⓘ
locatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Syria ⓘ
militaryFunction defense of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
militaryOrganization provincial army under a strategos ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
predecessor Byzantine province of Syria Prima ⓘ
linked to: Roman Syria

Byzantine province of Syria Secunda ⓘ
Late Roman province of Syria ⓘ
religionDominant Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousCommunities Chalcedonian Christians ⓘ
non-Chalcedonian Christians ⓘ
role frontier region against Arab powers ⓘ
strategicImportance control of approaches to Anatolia ⓘ
control of routes to Cilicia and northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
key defensive bulwark against Arab Caliphates ⓘ
timePeriod Byzantine–Arab wars era ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
urbanCenter Antioch ⓘ
other cities of northern Syria ⓘ

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

Antioch → capitalOf → Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ
Berytus → locatedIn → Byzantine Syria ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theme of Syria
Antioch on the Orontes → partOf → Byzantine Syria ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theme of Syria
Antakya → wasCapitalOf → Byzantine theme of Antioch ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theme of Syria
Muslim conquest of the Levant → location → Byzantine Syria ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theme of Syria
National Museum of Aleppo → hasCollectionFrom → Byzantine Syria ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theme of Syria