Cephallenia (theme)

Theme of Cephallenia
θέμα Κεφαλληνίας
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
mid/late 8th century–1185

Map of Byzantine Greece ca. 900 AD, with the themes and major settlements.
CapitalCephallenia
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Establishment as a theme
mid/late 8th century
• Sicilian conquest
1185
Today part ofGreece

The Theme of Cephallenia or Cephalonia (Greek: θέμα Κεφαλληνίας/Κεφαλονίας, thema Kephallēnias/Kephalonias) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) located in western Greece, comprising the Ionian Islands, and extant from the 8th century until partially conquered by the Kingdom of Sicily in 1185.