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Charsianon (Gr****: Χαρσιανόν) was the name of a
Byzantine fortress and the
corresponding theme (a military-civilian province) in the
region of Cappadocia...
- of the
Sangarios river. It is safe, however, to
consider the
region of
Charsianon as the
homeland of the family,
according to
evidence dating back to the...
- there. In the 9th–11th centuries, the
region comprised the
themes of
Charsianon with its
capital at the
eponymous city and Cappadocia,
which had first...
- Macedonian,
rising quickly to the
posts of
protostrator and then
governor of
Charsianon,
whence he
fought with
success against the Arabs. In c. 886 he led a major...
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Cappadocian themes and the
kleisourai (frontier districts) of
Seleukeia and
Charsianon; and a
western force under Petronas with men from the Macedonian, Thracian...
- successful.
Muslim sources attribute to him the
capture of the
fortress of
Charsianon in September/October 730, but
Byzantine sources state that this was done...
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Paiperta Charsianon§ (thema Charsianoù, Θέμα Χαρσιανοῦ) 863–873
Armeniacs (originally a tourma), part of the
Bucellarians Caesarea NW
Cappadocia Charsianon Cherson/Klimata...
- also the
administrative centre as the
capital of the
Byzantine Theme of
Charsianon.
Though the city lost most of its
importance by the
tenth century, is...
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Theme Armeniac Theme Bucellarian Theme Cappadocia (theme)
Chaldia Theme Charsianon Cibyrrhaeot Theme Cyprus (theme) (the
island could be
included in Asia...
- Consequently, in the 9th
century it was
broken up: the
smaller provinces of
Charsianon and
Cappadocia were formed,
first as
kleisourai and
later as full themes...
