The Opsician Theme (Greek: θέμα Ὀψικίου, thema Opsikiou) or simply Opsikion (Greek: [θέμα] Ὀψίκιον, from Latin: Obsequium) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian...

kouropalates ("master of the palace") and became commander (count, komēs) of the Opsikion theme, while retaining control of his original command. In June 741, after...

Artabasdos, the Count of the Opsikion. The new theme, along with that of the Optimatoi was split off from the Opsikion as formed part of the Emperor's...

Anna, rebelled. Artabasdos was the stratēgos (military governor) of the Opsikion theme (province) and had effective control of the Armeniac theme. The event...

vented his frustration by slaughtering as many of the Slavs in and around Opsikion as he could lay his hands on. Meanwhile, a Patrician named Symbatius rebelled...

Niketas Nobellisimos und Komes von Opsikion (8. Jahrhundert)?" [Who was Niketas Nobellisimos and Komes of Opsikion (8th century)?] (PDF). Jahrbuch der...

and Pontus. In the 7th century it was incorporated into the Byzantine Opsikion theme. It became a border region to the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century...

of Constantinople in 712. When Philippicus transferred an army from the Opsikion theme to police the Balkans, the Umayyad Caliphate under Al-Walid I made...

1078 1097–1330 The Byzantine themata in c. 780, after the split of the Opsikion. Capital Ephesus or Chonae (7th–11th centuries), Philadelphia and later...

Orseolo, son of Doge Pietro II Orseolo. He served as krites (judge) in Opsikion, with the rank of protospatharios (one of the highest judicial ranks, usually...