Paphlagonia (theme)
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The Theme of Paphlagonia (Greek: θέμα Παφλαγονίας) was a military-civilian province (thema or theme) of the Byzantine Empire in the namesake region along the northern coast of Anatolia, in modern Turkey.
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Theme of Paphlagonia Παφλαγονία, θέμα Παφλαγονίας | |
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Theme of the Byzantine Empire | |
c. 820–1071 c. 1130s–1380 | |
The Asian themes of the Byzantine Empire c. 842 | |
Capital | Gangra Kastamon |
Historical era | Middle Ages |
• Established | c. 820 |
• Fall to the Seljuks | c. 1078 |
• Byzantine recovery | 1130s |
• Fall to the Turks. | c. 1380 |
Today part of | Turkey |
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