Sicily (theme)

Theme of Sicily Σικελία, θέμα Σικελίας
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
687/695–902
The Byzantine Empire and its themes c. 717
Capital	Syracuse, then Rhegion
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	687/695
• Fall of Taormina	902
• Remnant renamed as the Theme of Calabria	Mid-10th century
Preceded by Succeeded by Sicily (Roman province) Muslim Sicily Theme of Calabria
Today part of	Italy Malta[1]

Sicily (Greek: θέμα Σικελίας, Thema Sikelias) was a Byzantine province (theme) existing from the late 7th to the 10th century, encompassing the islands of Sicily and Malta, and the region of Calabria in the Italian mainland. Following the Muslim conquest of Sicily, from 902 the theme was limited to Calabria, but retained its original name until the middle of the 10th century.