Theme of Dyrrhachium

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The Theme of Dyrrhachium was a Byzantine military-administrative province centered on the strategic Adriatic port city of Dyrrhachium (modern Durrës, Albania), serving as a key frontier region between the Byzantine Empire and the western Balkans.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Theme of Dyrrhachium canonical 2
Theme of Dyrrachion 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine theme ⓘ
administrativeCenter Dyrrhachium ⓘ
administrativeLevel provincial ⓘ
borderedBy Latin West influence zone ⓘ
Slavic-inhabited territories ⓘ
capital Durrës ⓘ
Dyrrhachium ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
defensiveRole protection against Slavic and other Balkan groups ⓘ
protection against western powers ⓘ
geopoliticalFunction base for Byzantine influence in the western Balkans ⓘ
buffer zone between Byzantium and western powers ⓘ
governanceType military-administrative ⓘ
governedBy strategos of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Theme of Durrës ⓘ
Theme of Dyrrachion ⓘ
hasCoastline Adriatic coast ⓘ
hasHarbor Dyrrhachium harbor ⓘ
hasPortCity Dyrrhachium ⓘ
hasStrategicRole control of Adriatic maritime routes ⓘ
defense of Byzantine holdings in the Balkans ⓘ
frontier between Byzantine Empire and western Balkans ⓘ
historicalCityCorrespondence Dyrrhachium (ancient city) ⓘ
linked to: Dyrrhachium
historicalPeriod Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
linkedTo Italian maritime cities ⓘ
interior Balkan trade routes ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Illyricum (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Illyricum
locatedInPresentDay Albania ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Western Balkans
locatedOn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
militaryFunction military frontier theme ⓘ
modernCityCorrespondence Durrës ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Balkan provinces ⓘ
Byzantine themata system ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
strategicImportance gateway between Italy and the Balkans ⓘ
key node on routes linking Constantinople with the Adriatic ⓘ
typeOfBorder maritime and land frontier ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Emperor of the Byzantines ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine emperors
usedLanguage Greek ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Despotate of Epirus → predecessor → Theme of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
Kutmichevitsa → borderedBy → Theme of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
Theme of Dyrrhachium → hasAlternativeName → Theme of Dyrrachion ⓘ
linked to: Theme of Dyrrhachium