Back Солун (тема) Bulgarian Tessalònica (tema) Catalan Thessalonike (byzantinisches Thema) German Θέμα Θεσσαλονίκης Greek Tema de Tesalónica Spanish Thessalonique (thème) French Thessalonike Italian თესალონიკის თემი Georgian Солун (тема) Macedonian Tema de Salonica Portuguese
| Theme of Thessalonica Θεσσαλονίκη, θέμα Θεσσαλονίκης | |
|---|---|
| Theme of the Byzantine Empire | |
| 800s (decade)–1204 1242–1392 1403-1423 | |
&sq=albert einstein&lang=en&file=File:Byzantine_Greece_ca_900_AD.svg) Map of Byzantine Greece ca. 900 AD, with the themes and major settlements | |
| Capital | Thessalonica |
| Historical era | Middle Ages |
• Established | 809 |
| 1204 | |
• Recovery by Nicaean Empire | 1242 |
• Captured by Ottomans | 1392 |
| Today part of | Greece |
The Theme of Thessalonica (Greek: Θέμα Θεσσαλονίκης) was a military-civilian province (thema or theme) of the Byzantine Empire located in the southern Balkans, comprising varying parts of Central and Western Macedonia and centred on Thessalonica, the Empire's second-most important city.