Theme of Seleucia Σελευκεία, θέμα Σελευκείας | |
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Theme of the Byzantine Empire | |
927/934–1070s 1099/1100 – c. 1180 | |
![]() Map of the Theme of Seleucia within the Byzantine Empire in 1000 AD. | |
Capital | Seleucia in Isauria |
Historical era | Middle Ages |
• Established | 927–934 |
• Conquest by Seljuks | 1070s |
• Byzantine recovery | 1099/1100 |
• Conquest by Armenians. | 21 August 1180 |
Today part of | Turkey |
The Theme of Seleucia (Greek: θέμα Σελευκείας, thema Seleukeias) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) in the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), headquartered at Seleucia (modern Silifke).