THEME

Theme

The themes or themata were the main administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire. They were established in the mid-7th century in the aftermath of the Muslim conquests of parts of Byzantine territory, and replaced the earlier provincial system established by Diocletian and Constantine the Great. In their origin, the first themes were created from the areas of encampment of the field armies of the East Roman army, and their names corresponded to the military units that had existed in those areas. The theme system reached its apogee in the 9th and 10th centuries, as older themes were split up and the conquest of territory ...

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theme

Noun

  1. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
  2. A recurring idea; a motif.
  3. The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
  4. The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
  5. The stem of a word
  6. thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb
  7. Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
  8. Topic, what is being talked about, as opposed to rheme
  9. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

Verb

  1. To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).


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