Romania (Byzantine Italy)

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Romania (Byzantine Italy) was the collective name for the remaining Byzantine-controlled territories in the Italian Peninsula during the early Middle Ages, particularly contested in the Lombard–Byzantine wars.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
medieval geopolitical entity ⓘ
administrativeCenter Ravenna ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Byzantine Italy ⓘ
associatedConflict Lombard–Byzantine wars ⓘ
contestedBy Lombards ⓘ
local Italian powers ⓘ
papacy ⓘ
culturalInfluence Greek-Byzantine culture ⓘ
Latin-Roman traditions ⓘ
declinePeriod 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
governedBy Byzantine administration ⓘ
exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
gradualLossTo Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
Lombard principalities ⓘ
Norman principalities in Southern Italy ⓘ
heritage continuation of Roman imperial identity in Italy ⓘ
historicalContext decline of Byzantine power in the West ⓘ
includedRegion Apulia ⓘ
Calabria ⓘ
Duchy of Naples ⓘ
Duchy of Rome ⓘ
Exarchate of Ravenna ⓘ
Ravenna ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalTradition Roman law ⓘ
linkedTo iconoclast controversy in Italy ⓘ
papal–Byzantine relations ⓘ
locatedIn Italian Peninsula ⓘ
militaryRole frontier zone against Lombards ⓘ
overlord emperor in Constantinople ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
politicalStatus imperial province ⓘ
relatedTo Exarchate of Ravenna ⓘ
Lombard Kingdom ⓘ
theme system of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
religion Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
strategicImportance control of central Mediterranean routes ⓘ
successorTo Western Roman imperial administration in Italy ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
usedAsNameFor remaining Byzantine-controlled territories in Italy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Lombard–Byzantine wars → historicalRegion → Romania (Byzantine Italy) ⓘ
Aistulf → expandedInto → Byzantine territories in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Romania (Byzantine Italy)