Charsianon
Sign in to saveCharsianon () was the name of a Byzantine fortress and the corresponding theme (a military-civilian province) in the region of Cappadocia in eastern Anatolia (modern Turkey).
Key facts
- Former Subdivision.conventional_long_name
- Charsianon
- Former Subdivision.common_name
- Charsianon
- Former Subdivision.subdivision
- Theme
- Former Subdivision.nation
- the Byzantine Empire
- Former Subdivision.era
- Middle Ages
- Former Subdivision.capital
- Charsianon (at first), Caesarea
- Former Subdivision.image_map
- Theme-charsianon 1000ad.png
- Former Subdivision.image_map_caption
- Map of the Theme of Charsianon within the Byzantine Empire in 1000 AD.
- Former Subdivision.life_span
- 863/873 – ca. 1072/3
- Former Subdivision.year_start
- 863–873
- Former Subdivision.event_start
- Establishment as a theme
- Former Subdivision.year_end
- after ca. 1072/3
- Former Subdivision.event_end
- Fall to the Seljuks
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- Instance of
- theme of the Byzantine Empire
- Country
- Byzantine Empire
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Charsianon () was the name of a Byzantine fortress and the corresponding theme (a military-civilian province) in the region of Cappadocia in eastern Anatolia (modern Turkey).
==History== The fortress of Charsianon (Greek: Χαρσιανόν κάστρον, Charsianon kastron; Arabic: ''Qal'e-i Ḥarsanōs) is first mentioned in 638, during the first wave of the Muslim conquests, and was allegedly named after a general of Justinian I named Charsios. The fortress is now identified with the ruins of Muşalikalesi (Muşali Kale of old) in the Akdağmadeni district in Yozgat Province.
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