Bizans İmparatorluğu Döneminde Trabzon ve Çevresinin İdari Yapısı (VI-XI. Yüzyıl)
Administrative Structure of Trebizond and its Surroundings During the Byzantine Empire (VI-XI. Century)

Summary/Abstract: Roman Empire, dominated by Trabzon and its environs in the first century BC. and made various administrative arrangements in the region. After the division of the Roman Empire, Trabzon and its surrounding areas came under Byzantine rule, and administrative arrangements were made depending on the military and political developments on the eastern border of the empire. Sassanid wars that continued throughout the VI. century and the Muslim Arab threat that began in the middle of the same century forced the Byzantine rulers to take some military and administrative measures. From the VII. century, the empire's administrative structure underwent a fundamental change and the theme system became the basis of the administrative structure in Anatolia and the Balkans. The city of Trabzon, first connected to Armeniakon theme and then became the center of the Khaldia within the theme system. This study aims to evaluate the administrative structure of Trabzon and its surroundings during the Byzantine Empire. In the study, the administrative arrangements made during the Byzantine rule in the region and the effect of these arrangements on the administrative structure of the region will be discussed.

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