Dalmatia (theme)
The Theme of Dalmatia (Greek: θέμα Δαλματίας/Δελματίας, thema Dalmatias/Delmatias) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea in Southeastern Europe, headquartered at Jadera (later called Zara, today's Zadar). == Origins == After the fall of the western Roman Emprire, Dalmatia came under Byzantine control in the 530s, when the generals of Emperor Justinian I (r.