- of each
thema (except for the Optimatoi) was
divided into two to four
tourmai, and each
tourma further into a
number of
moirai (μοίραι) or
droungoi (δροῦγγοι)...
-
comprised not only the island,
which was
divided into
districts called tourmai, but also the
mainland duchy of
Calabria (Gr****: δουκᾶτον Καλαυρίας, doukaton...
- "Count of the
imperial Opsikion"). Furthermore, it was not
divided into
tourmai, but into
domesticates formed from the
elite corps of the old army, such...
-
areas and
dividing control over the
armies within each
theme into
various tourmai. The
large early themes were
progressively split up in the 8th–9th centuries...
-
personnel Number of
subordinate units Officer in
command Thema 9,600 4
Tourmai Strategos Tourma 2,400 6
Droungoi Tourmarches Droungos 400 2
Banda Droungarios...
-
explicitly attested in the
Taktika of
Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912). The
tourmai were now the
major territorial and
tactical subdivisions of a provincial...
-
major division,
called a
thema (Gr****: θέμα), was
further divided into
tourmai while each
tourma was
divided into
moirai or droungoi,
which in turn were...
-
regular and
simple structure,
being divided along military lines into
tourmai,
droungoi and banda. The
droungos however was only a military, not an administrative...
- the island's garrison,
under a
separate taxiarches and
subdivided into
tourmai.
Under Alexios I
Komnenos (r. 1081–1118), the
island was
ruled by a doux...
-
other counterparts, the
Cibyrrhaeot Theme was
divided into
droungoi and
tourmai, and
possessed the full
array of
typical thematic administrative positions...
