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Boleron (Gr****: Βολερόν) was the name of a
region and a
Byzantine province in
southwestern Thrace during the
Middle Ages. The
region is
first mentioned...
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theme east of the Nestos,
which was
later raised to a
separate theme as
Boleron (Gr****: Βολερόν), or with a
northern portion along the
upper Strymon, possibly...
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centred on
Philippopolis and Beroe,
while to its south, the new
theme of
Boleron came into
existence in the
early 11th century.
Little is
known of the provincial...
- century, the city was the
center of a
district (bandon) in the
theme of
Boleron, and Anna
Komnene reports in her
Alexiad that
there were many Manichaeans...
- (fl. 1082),
protovestes Niketas Xiphilinos (fl. 1088/9),
apographeus of
Boleron Euthymios Xiphilinos (fl. 1091), monk and
copyist Niketas Xiphilinos (fl...
- A
minor theme, it
survived until conquered by the
Turks in the 1050s.
Boleron/Neos
Strymon (thema Voleroù/Nèou Strymōnos, Θέμα Βολεροῦ/Νέου Στρυμῶνος)...
- it
continued in
existence at
least until the 12th century. The
theme of
Boleron covered most of the area in
later Byzantine times. Kazhdan, Alexander,...
- fortress, the
entire Bulgarian po****tion was
deported in the area
called Boleron between the
rivers Nestos and (Hebros).
Nikulitsa was
taken to Constantinople...
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fiscal official (anagrapheus) of the
combined themes of Thrace, Macedonia,
Boleron, Strymon, and Thessalonica. In 1104 his
paternal cousin,
Gregory Taronites...
- from the 11th
century it
could be
found within the
newly founded theme of
Boleron. For most of its
early existence the
settlement was
overshadowed by the...
