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                          <lb n="0"/>.–.–.–Β–Θ–..–..–Λ
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                          <lb n="1"/>......
                          <lb n="2"/>ΝΤΙΝ...
                          <lb n="3"/>ΠΘ/ϗΣΤΡ.
                          <lb n="4"/>ΤΗΓΤΙ
                         <lb n="5"/>.ΘΡΚΙ/
                        
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                  <p>Κύριε <hi rend="italic">vel</hi> Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῖς Θρᾴκις.</p>
                  <p xml:lang="en">Lord <hi rend="italic">or</hi> Theotokos help your servant  Constantine, protospatharios and strategos of Thrace.</p>
                  <p xml:lang="fr">Seigneur <hi rend="italic">ou</hi> Théotokos aide ton serviteur Constantin, protospathaire et stratège de Thrace.</p>
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                  <p xml:lang="fr">Le thème de Thrace fut créé assez tôt, en 679-680, pour protéger Constantinople
                      face aux Bulgares. Il était défendu par des tagmata, comme celui de l’Opsikion. La vue traditionnelle selon
                      laquelle la Thrace dépendait du comte a été remise en cause[1].
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                      [1]  Al.-K. Wassiliou-Seibt, From magister militum to strategos : the evolution of the highest military commands in early Byzantium
                      (5th-7th c.), in Οὗ δῶρόν εἰμι τὰς γραφὰς βλέπων νόει. Mélanges Jean-Claude Cheynet <hi rend="italic">TM</hi>, 21/1, 2017, p. 798, qui avance aussi des
                      propositions pour l’Opsikion (p. 796-797) et les Thracésiens (p. 799-800). En dépit de la condition du revers, la lecture de la
                      légende est assez sûre, sauf celle de la dignité, qui était, soit
                      protospathaire, soit spathaire impérial. La première solution
                      semble préférable en raison de l’importance du thème pour
                      la défense de la capitale. Aucun Constantin, stratège de
                      Thrace, n’est relevé dans la PmbZ.
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