Samos (theme)

Theme of Samos
θέμα Σάμου
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
before 899 – 1204

Map of Byzantine Greece c. 900, with the themes and major settlements.
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Establishment as a theme
before 899
• Conversion to regular theme
late 11th century
1204
Today part ofGreece
Turkey

The Theme of Samos (Greek: θέμα Σάμου, thema Samou) was a Byzantine military-civilian province, located in the eastern Aegean Sea, established in the late 9th century. As one of the Byzantine Empire's three dedicated naval themes (Greek: θέματα ναυτικᾶ, themata nautika), it served chiefly to provide ships and troops for the Byzantine navy.