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The 12 pages that link to Byzantine themes, each with the reason it gives.

• Byzantine navyRelated: The naval theme of the Cibyrrhaeots organized a major regional fleet and its sailors.

• Basil IIRelated: Their revenues and soldiers helped sustain the empire Basil governed.

• Byzantine–Seljuk warsRelated: Their weakening reduced the empire’s capacity to defend Anatolia against Seljuk advances.

• Leo III the IsaurianRelated: Leo’s rise emerged from the military leadership of Byzantine provincial forces.

• De administrando imperioRelated: Its recommendations address the provincial structures that supported frontier defense.

• Nikephoros II PhokasRelated: The eastern campaigns depended on armies and resources organized in frontier provinces.

• Byzantine GreeceRelated: Theme organization placed much of Greece under regional military and civil authorities.

• Thomas the SlavNarrower topic: Thomas’s movement gained support among troops and communities organized within these provincial districts.

• Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracyBroader topic: Theme administration joined provincial command with local political authority.

• Byzantine Empire under the Amorian dynastyNarrower topic: The thematic system supplied troops and local command structures for frontier defense.

• Slavic migrations to the BalkansRelated: The empire reorganized defense as control over Balkan territories contracted.

• Twenty Years' AnarchyRelated: Thematic commanders and forces formed part of the political landscape behind imperial coups.