Longobardia

Longobardia (Greek: Λογγοβαρδία, also variously Λογγιβαρδία, Longibardia and Λαγουβαρδία, Lagoubardia) was a Byzantine term for the territories controlled by the Lombards in the Italian Peninsula. In the ninth and tenth centuries, it was also the name of a Byzantine military-civilian province (or thema) known as the Theme of Longobardia located in southeastern Italy.

Theme of Longobardia
Λογγοβαρδία, θέμα Λογγοβαρδίας
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
c.891–965

Map of Byzantine themes in Italy (yellow) c. 1000.
CapitalBari
Historical eraMiddle Ages
 Byzantine conquest of Bari
876
 Establishment as a theme
c.891
 Establishment of the Catepanate of Italy
965
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Exarchate of Ravenna
Duchy of Benevento
Catepanate of Italy
Today part ofItaly
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