Samos (theme)

Theme of Samos
θέμα Σάμου
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
before 899 – 1204

Map of Byzantine Greece c. 900, with the themes and major settlements.
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Establishment as a theme
before 899
• Conversion to regular theme
late 11th century
1204
Today part ofGreece
Turkey

The Theme of Samos (Greek: θέμα Σάμου, thema Samou) was a Byzantine military-civilian province, located in the eastern Aegean Sea, established in the late 9th century. As one of the Byzantine Empire's three dedicated naval themes (Greek: θέματα ναυτικᾶ, themata nautika), it served chiefly to provide ships and troops for the Byzantine navy.

Origins

The dates of establishment and the territorial reach of the various Byzantine naval commands in the 7th–9th centuries are mostly unclear. After the unitary navy of the Karabisianoi was split up in the early 8th century, regional naval commands were established, of which the naval theme of the Cibyrrhaeots is the first known and most important.[1] Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (r. 913–959) records that "at the time the Empire was divided into themes", Samos became the seat of the "theme of the sailors" (Greek: θέμα τῶν πλοϊζομένων, romanized: thema tōn ploïzomenōn); the meaning of this passage is unclear.[2] The historian Warren Treadgold interprets this to mean that Samos was the first seat of the Karabisianoi fleet, until their disbandment c. 727.[3] Alternatively, it could imply a command that formed part of the Karabisianoi and was abolished with them, or a later, short-lived successor, perhaps even identical with the Cibyrrhaeots. The existence of a "strategos of Samos" in the 8th century is attested through a surviving seal of a strategos named Theodore.[2]

In the late 8th century, the southern Aegean appears to have come under the jurisdiction of the "droungarios of the Dodekanesos",[a] whom some scholars (following Hélène Ahrweiler) identify with the post of "droungarios of Kos" and the later "droungarios of the Gulf (Kolpos)", listed in the mid-9th century Taktikon Uspensky. This command then, or at least the eastern part of it, apparently evolved into the theme of Samos.[5][6]

History

Seal of Constantine Argyropoulos, magistros and strategos of Samos

The theme of Samos, with its governing strategos, is first documented in Philotheos's Kletorologion of 899. It included the islands of the eastern Aegean, as well as the western coast of Asia Minor between Adramyttion and Ephesos (also known as Theologos at the time). The seat of the theme was at Smyrna, while subordinate tourmarchai (vice-admirals) had their seats at Adramyttion and Ephesos.[7][8]

In 911, the forces of the naval theme of Samos are recorded as being 3,980 oarsmen and 600 marines, with a fleet of 22 warships.[7][9] The mainland portion of the theme, however, is also explicitly mentioned as belonging to the Thracesian Theme, which had a special tourmarches in charge of defending the coast. This, along with a lack of mention of civil officials attached to the naval theme, most probably reflects a division of tasks: the strategos of Samos and his officials were responsible for furnishing the ships and crews of the thematic fleet as well as defending the islands, while the mainland coast, with its cities and population, came under the control of the Thracesian strategos and his officials, who were responsible for their taxation and defence.[10][11] Samos seems to have remained a purely military formation until the late 11th century, when its fleet was disbanded and it was converted into a regular theme with its own civil officials.[7]

Strategoi

  • Theodore (8th/9th century)[12]
  • Constantine Paspalas (c.888)[13]
  • Nikephoros (9th/10th century)[14]
  • Theodore (10th century)[15]
  • Epiphanios (10th century)[16]
  • Nicholas (10th century)[17]
  • Theognostos (10th century)[18]
  • Leo (10th century)[19]
  • Theotimos (10th century)[20]
  • Romanos Lekapenos (911-912)[21]
  • George (10th/11th century)[22]
  • Bakur (after 1001- before 1009)[23]
  • Basil Argyros (1009-1010)[24]
  • David (c.1024)[25]
  • George Theodorokanos (before 1026- after 1028)[26]
  • Christodoulos (Late 10th/ mid 11th century[27]
  • Niketas Xylinites the Younger (1050s)[28]
  • Theophylaktos Hagiozacharites (Mid 11th century)[29]
  • Michael Tornikes (Early/ Middle 11th century)[30]
  • Constantine Argyropolos (Mid/late 11th century)[31]

Notes

  1. ^ "Dodekanesos" in middle Byzantine times was a term used for the Cyclades, not to be confused with the modern Dodecanese.[4]

References

  1. ^ Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1994, p. 110.
  2. ^ a b Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1994, pp. 110, 134.
  3. ^ Treadgold 1995, pp. 27, 73.
  4. ^ Ahrweiler 1966, p. 80.
  5. ^ Ahrweiler 1966, pp. 79–81, 108.
  6. ^ Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1994, pp. 110–111, 130.
  7. ^ a b c Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1994, p. 131.
  8. ^ ODB, "Samos" (T. E. Gregory), p. 1836.
  9. ^ Treadgold 1995, pp. 67, 76.
  10. ^ Ahrweiler 1966, pp. 402.
  11. ^ Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1994, pp. 109, 131.
  12. ^ "Theodore imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos (eighth or ninth century)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  13. ^ "Konstantinos Paspalas". De Gruyter. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  14. ^ "Nikephoros imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos (ninth/tenth century)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  15. ^ "Theodore imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos (tenth century)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  16. ^ "Epiphanios imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos (tenth century)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  17. ^ "Nicholas imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of Samos (tenth century)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  18. ^ "Theognostos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos (tenth century)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  19. ^ "Leo anthypatos, patrikios and strategos of Samos (tenth century)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  20. ^ "Theotimos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos (tenth century)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  21. ^ "Romanos I. Lakapenos". De Gruyter. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  22. ^ "Georgios". De Gruyter. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  23. ^ "Bakur". De Gruyter. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  24. ^ "Basileios Mesardonites Argyros". De Gruyter. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  25. ^ "David (von Achrida)". De Gruyter. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  26. ^ "Person Details | PBW". pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  27. ^ "Person Details | PBW". pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
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  29. ^ "Person Details | PBW". pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  30. ^ "Person Details | PBW". pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
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