| Theme of Longobardia Λογγοβαρδία, θέμα Λογγοβαρδίας | |||||||||||
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| Theme of the Byzantine Empire | |||||||||||
| c. 891–965 | |||||||||||
 Map of Byzantine themes in Italy (yellow) c. 1000. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Bari | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Byzantine conquest of Bari | 876 | ||||||||||
• Establishment as a theme | c. 891 | ||||||||||
• Establishment of the Catepanate of Italy | 965 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Italy | ||||||||||
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.