Byzantine theme of Syria

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Byzantine theme military-administrative province

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Byzantine Syria	4
Byzantine theme of Antioch	1
Byzantine theme of Syria canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine theme ⓘ military-administrative province ⓘ
administrativeFunction	provincial governance ⓘ
administrativeHead	strategos of Syria ⓘ
associatedWithConflict	Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Abbasid conflicts Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ surface form: 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 region ⓘ surface form: Levant Syria ⓘ
militaryFunction	defense of the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
militaryOrganization	provincial army under a strategos ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Roman Syria ⓘ surface form: Byzantine province of Syria Prima Byzantine province of Syria Secunda ⓘ Late Roman province of Syria ⓘ
religionDominant	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousCommunities	Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ surface form: 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	Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Arab wars era Middle Ages ⓘ
urbanCenter	Antioch ⓘ other cities of northern Syria ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Antioch → capitalOf → Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ

Berytus → locatedIn → Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Syria

Antioch on the Orontes → partOf → Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Syria

Antakya → wasCapitalOf → Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine theme of Antioch

Muslim conquest of the Levant → location → Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Syria

National Museum of Aleppo → hasCollectionFrom → Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Syria