Paphlagonia (theme)

Theme of Paphlagonia
Παφλαγονία, θέμα Παφλαγονίας
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
c. 820–1071
c. 1130s–1380

The Asian themes of the Byzantine Empire c. 842
CapitalGangra
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
c. 820
• Fall to the Seljuks
c. 1078
• Byzantine recovery
1130s
• Fall to the Turks.
c. 1380
Today part ofTurkey

The Theme of Paphlagonia (Greek: θέμα Παφλαγονίας) was a military-civilian province (thema or theme) of the Byzantine Empire in the namesake region along the northern coast of Anatolia, in modern Turkey.