ENTRY TYPE

Geographical Terms

SUMMARY

In the middle of the 6th century Thebes was flourishing. Slavic invasions, however, in 580 brought decline to the urban way of life during the transitional period of 7th- 8th c. At the end of the 9th century, the city was fixed as the seat of the general (strategos) of the theme of Hellas. In the next three centuries the city knew great economic prosperity. After the Frankish conquest it became capital of the Duchy of Athens and Thebes. Since 1460 the Ottomans became rulers until the Independence (1829).

Administrative Dependence

Theme of Hellas, Duchy of Athens and Thebes, sanjak of Euripus, kaza of Thebes

Historical Region

Boeotia

Geographical Location

Boeotia