Longobardia
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For other uses, see Langobardia (disambiguation).
Longobardia (Greek: Λογγοβαρδία, also variously Λογγιβαρδία, Longibardia and Λαγουβαρδία, Lagoubardia) was a Byzantine term for the territories controlled by the Lombards in the Italian Peninsula. In the ninth and tenth centuries, it was also the name of a Byzantine military-civilian province (or thema) known as the Theme of Longobardia located in southeastern Italy.
Quick Facts Theme of LongobardiaΛογγοβαρδία, θέμα Λογγοβαρδίας, Capital ...
Theme of Longobardia Λογγοβαρδία, θέμα Λογγοβαρδίας | |||||||||||
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Theme of the Byzantine Empire | |||||||||||
c. 891–965 | |||||||||||
Map of Byzantine themes in Italy (yellow) c. 1000. | |||||||||||
Capital | Bari | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Byzantine conquest of Bari | 876 | ||||||||||
• Establishment as a theme | c. 891 | ||||||||||
• Establishment of the Catepanate of Italy | 965 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Italy |
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