| Theme of Cherson (Klimata) Χερσῶν, θέμα Χερσῶνος (τὰ Κλίματα) | |||||||||
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| Theme of the Byzantine Empire | |||||||||
| ca. 833/840–1204 | |||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Theme-cherson_1000ad.png) Map of the Theme of Cherson within the Byzantine Empire in 1000 AD. | |||||||||
| Capital | Cherson | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | ca. 833 or 840 | ||||||||
• Destruction of Cherson | 988/989 | ||||||||
• Controlled by the Empire of Trebizond | after 1204 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Crimea | ||||||||
The Theme of Cherson (Greek: θέμα Χερσῶνος, Thema Chersōnos), originally and formally called the Klimata (Greek: τὰ Κλίματα), was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) located in the southern Crimea, headquartered at Cherson.
The theme was officially established in the early 830s and was an important centre of Black Sea commerce. Despite the destruction of the city of Cherson in the 980s, the theme recovered and prospered, enduring until it became a part of the Empire of Trebizond after the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire in 1204.