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Longobardia

Theme of Longobardia
Λογγοβαρδία, θέμα Λογγοβαρδίας
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
c. 891–965

Map of Byzantine themes in Italy (yellow) c. 1000.
CapitalBari
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Byzantine conquest of Bari
876
• Establishment as a theme
c. 891
• Establishment of the Catepanate of Italy
965
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Exarchate of Ravenna
Duchy of Benevento
Catepanate of Italy
Today part ofItaly

Longobardia (Greek: Λογγοβαρδία, also variously Λογγιβαρδία, Longibardia and Λαγουβαρδία, Lagoubardia) was a Byzantine term for the territories controlled by the Lombards in the Italian Peninsula. In the ninth and tenth centuries, it was also the name of a Byzantine military-civilian province (or thema) known as the Theme of Longobardia located in southeastern Italy.


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