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
Kastamon
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.