Polybotus
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Polybotus or Polybotos was a city in the Roman province of Phrygia Salutaris. Its site is located 3 miles southwest of Bolvadin in Asiatic Turkey.
John, Bishop of Polybotum (Menologion of Basil II)
Anatolic Theme
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The Anatolic Theme, more properly known as the Theme of the Anatolics, was a Byzantine theme in central Asia Minor. From its establishment, it was the largest and senior-most of the themes, and its mi
Polybotus
…Turkey. History This town is mentioned in the 6th century by Hierocles in his Synecdemus. A map of Byzantine Anatolia with Polybotus located in the Anatolic Theme Due to the wide-ranging grasslands, the area was used as a mustering place (e.g. possibly by emperor Romanos IV Diogenes) and one of the metata (imperial…
Gold solidus of Leo III the Isaurian and his son, Constantine V