- The
Armeniac Theme (Gr****: Ἀρμενιακόν [θέμα],
Armeniakon [thema]), more
properly the
Theme of the
Armeniacs (Gr****: θέμα Ἀρμενιακῶν,
thema Armeniakōn)...
- of Leo IV, to the throne.
Irene had
Bardas (the
former strategos of the
Armeniac Theme),
Gregory (the
logothete of the dromos), and
Konstantinos (the count...
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century BC to the 1st
century AD. The
region was
later reorganized into the
Armeniac Theme under the
Byzantine Empire.
Lesser Armenia (or
Armenia Minor) was...
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Emperor Anastasius II
appointed Artabasdos as
governor (stratēgos) of the
Armeniac Theme (Θέμα Άρμενιάκων,
Thema Armeniakōn), the
successor of the Army of...
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military support Constantine finally came to
actual power in 790,
after the
Armeniacs rebelled against Irene. Nevertheless,
after campaigning unsuccessfully...
- From the 7th century,
Cappadocia was
divided between the
Anatolic and
Armeniac themes. The
frontier zone
between Caeserea (Kayseri) and
Melitene became...
-
Opsikion Theme, led by Gregory; the
Anatolic Theme, led by Artabasdos; the
Armeniac Theme, led by Karisterotzes; the
Bucellarian Theme, led by Tatzates; and...
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Emperor Nikephoros I who
promoted him to the
position of stratēgos of the
Armeniac Theme. In 811, when
Nikephoros was
planning his
major campaign against...
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Opsician Theme, and his
legitimacy was
denied by the
Anatolics and the
Armeniacs under their respective strategoi (generals) Leo the
Isaurian and Artabasdos...
- latter's fall, in 716 Leo
allied himself with Artabasdos, the
general of the
Armeniacs, and was
proclaimed emperor while two Arab armies, one
under the Caliph's...
