Dalmatia (theme)

Theme of Dalmatia Θέμα Δαλματίας
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
c. 870 – 1060s
Map of the Balkans in 925 AD
Capital	Zadar
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Establishment as a theme.	c. 870
• Collapse of Byzantine control.	28 July 1060

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).