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1. Anatolia

   Linked via "Thematic System"

   Rome gradually absorbed the Anatolian kingdoms, eventually administering the territory through several key provinces, including Asia, Bithynia et Pontus, and Galatia. Anatolia formed the strategic and economic backbone of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire).
   The administrative structure relied h…

2. Roman Legion

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   Post-Roman Legions
   While the Western Roman Empire fragmented, the institutional memory of the legion persisted. The military systems of successor states, including the Ostrogothic and Visigothic armies, retained elements of cohort organization, often confusingly retaining the titles without the underlying structure. In the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), the structure was adapted into the [thematic …

3. Tagmata

   Linked via "thematic forces"

   The Tagmata (from Greek: $\tau\acute{\alpha}\gamma\mu\alpha\tau\alpha$, meaning 'regiments' or 'formed bodies') constituted the elite, professional, standing field armies of the middle Byzantine period (roughly from the 7th century until the Komnenian restoration in the 11th century. Unlike the decentralized and thematic forces drawn from provinces, the Tagmata were centrally commanded, heavily armed units maintained perpetually near the capital,…

4. Tagmata

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   Byzantine Army Reforms
   Thematic System
   Comnenian Army Reorganization
   Byzantine Nobility (structure of central court appointments)/)