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{{Short description|Roman province located in modern-day Tunisia}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = {{aut|Provincia Byzacena}}
| native_name = {{aut|Provincia Byzacena}}<br>{{lang|grc|ἐπαρχία Βυζακινῆς}}
|conventional_long_name =
| conventional_long_name =
|common_name = Byzacena
| common_name = Byzacena
| subdivision = [[Roman province|Province]]
|continent = Africa
|subdivision = [[Byzantine province|Province]]
| nation = the [[Late Roman Empire]] - [[Byzantine Empire]]
|nation = the [[Byzantine Empire]]
| era = [[Late Antiquity]] - [[Early Middle Ages]]
|era = [[ancient history|Antiquity]]
| capital = [[Hadrumetum]]
|capital = [[Hadrumetum]]
| title_leader = ''Consularis''
| image_map = Roman Africa.JPG
|title_leader = ''Consularis''
| image_map_caption = Map of Roman Africa and Egypt; Byzacena shown in top right.
|image_map =
| life_span = 293–439 <br/> 534–698
|image_map_caption =
|life_span =
| year_start = c. 293
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| event_start = Division by [[Diocletian]]
|year_start = c. 293
| event1 = [[Capture of Carthage (439)|Vandal Conquest of Carthage]]
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|event_start = Division by [[Diocletian]]
|event1 =
| date_event1 = 439
|event2 = Byzantine reconquest by [[Vandalic War]]
|date_event1 =
|year_end = 698
|date_event2 = 534
|event3 = Reorganization into the [[Exarchate of Africa|Exarchate]]
|event_end = [[Arab-Byzantine Wars]]
|today = {{flag|Tunisia}}
|date_event3 = 591
|p1 = Roman Empire
| year_end = 698
|flag_p1 = Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg
| event_end = [[Battle of Carthage (698)|Fall of Carthage]]
|s1 = Rashidun Caliphate
| today = [[Tunisia]]
| p1 = Africa (Roman province)
|flag_s1 = black flag.svg
| flag_p1 = Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg
|s1 = Vandal Kingdom
|flag_s1 = Vandales.png
|p2 = Vandal Kingdom
|flag_p2 = Vandales.png
|s2 = Ifriqiya
|flag_s2 = White_flag_3_to_2.svg
| image_map2 = Map_of_Byzacena.png
| image_map2_caption = The Province of Byzacena, showing its territorial extent, capital and major cities.
}}
}}
'''Byzacena''' was a Late [[Roman province]] in the central part of [[Roman North Africa]], which is now roughly [[Tunisia]], split off from [[Africa Proconsularis]].
'''Byzacena''' (or '''Byzacium''') ({{lang-grc|Βυζάκιον}}, ''Byzakion'')<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.12 Procopius, History of the Wars, §4.12]</ref> was a Late [[Roman province]] in the central part of [[Roman North Africa]], which is now roughly [[Tunisia]], split off from [[Africa Proconsularis]].


== History ==
== History ==

At the end of the third century AD, the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Diocletian]] divided the great Roman province of [[Africa Proconsularis]] into three smaller provinces: [[Zeugitana]] in the north, still governed by a proconsul and referred to as Proconsularis, Byzacena and [[Tripolitania]] in the south. Byzacena corresponded roughly to the modern [[Tunisia]]n region of [[Sahel, Tunisia|Sahel]].
At the end of the 3rd century AD, the Roman emperor [[Diocletian]] divided the great Roman province of [[Africa Proconsularis]] into three smaller provinces: Zeugitana in the north, still governed by a proconsul and referred to as Proconsularis; Byzacena to its adjacent south, and [[Tripolitania]] to its adjacent south, roughly corresponding to southeast [[Tunisia]] and northwest [[Libya]]. Byzacena corresponded roughly to eastern Tunisia or the modern Tunisian region of [[Sahel, Tunisia|Sahel]].


[[Hadrumetum]] (modern [[Sousse]]) became the capital of the newly made province, whose governor had the rank of ''[[consularis]]''. At this period the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Byzacena was, after the great metropolis [[Carthage]], the most important city in Roman (North) Africa west of [[Egypt]] and its [[Patriarch of Alexandria]].
[[Hadrumetum]] (modern [[Sousse]]) became the capital of the newly made province, whose governor had the rank of ''[[consularis]]''. At this period the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Byzacena was, after the great metropolis [[Carthage]], the most important city in Roman (North) Africa west of [[Egypt]] and its [[Patriarch of Alexandria]].
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== Episcopal sees ==
== Episcopal sees ==
Ancient episcopal sees of Byzacena listed in the ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'' as [[titular see]]s:<ref>''[[Annuario Pontificio]] 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013</ref>
Ancient episcopal sees of Byzacena listed in the ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'' as [[titular see]]s:<ref>''[[Annuario Pontificio]] 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013</ref>

[[File:Roman Africa.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Roman Africa.]]
{{div col|colwidth=7em}}
* [[Abaradira]]
* [[Abaradira]]
* [[Abari (Titular See)|Abari]]
* [[Abari (Titular See)|Abari]]
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* [[Autenti]]
* [[Autenti]]
* [[Auzegera]]
* [[Auzegera]]
* [[Bahanna]] (Henchir-Nebahna, ruins at Dhorbania?)<ref> located at Latitude: 36.19392 - Longitude: 10.02064.</ref>
* [[Bahanna]] (Henchir-Nebahna, ruins at Dhorbania?)<ref>located at Latitude: 36.19392 - Longitude: 10.02064.</ref>
* [[Bararus]] (Henchir-Ronga, Rougga)
* [[Bararus]] (Henchir-Ronga, Rougga)
* [[Bassiana]]
* [[Bassiana]]
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* [[Gummi in Byzacena]] (Henchir-Gelama?, Henchir-El-Senem)
* [[Gummi in Byzacena]] (Henchir-Gelama?, Henchir-El-Senem)
* [[Gurza]] (Kalâa Kebira)
* [[Gurza]] (Kalâa Kebira)
* '''[[Hadrumetum]] (Sousse), the Metropolitan Archbishopric
* [[Hadrumetum]] (Sousse), the Metropolitan Archbishopric
* [[Hermiana]]
* [[Hermiana]]
* [[Hierpiniana]]
* [[Hierpiniana]]
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* [[Selendeta]]
* [[Selendeta]]
* [[Septimunicia]] (ruins of Oglet-El-Metnem? Henchir-El-Bliaa?)
* [[Septimunicia]] (ruins of Oglet-El-Metnem? Henchir-El-Bliaa?)
* [[Severiana]]
* [[Diocese of Severiana|Severiana]]
* [[Sufes]]
* [[Sufes]]
* [[Sufetula (see)|Sufetula]]
* [[Sufetula (see)|Sufetula]]
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* [[Thasbalta]] (in the valley of Segui?)
* [[Thasbalta]] (in the valley of Segui?)
* [[Thélepte|Thelepte]]
* [[Thélepte|Thelepte]]
* [[Thenae]] (Henchir-Tina)
* [[Thenae]] ([[Thyna]])
* [[Theuzi]]
* [[Theuzi]]
* [[Thiges]] ([[Bordj-Gourbata]])
* [[Thiges]] ([[Bordj-Gourbata]])
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* [[Diocese of Vibiana|Vibiana]]
* [[Diocese of Vibiana|Vibiana]]
* [[Vicus Aterii]] (Bir el Ater)
* [[Vicus Aterii]] (Bir el Ater)
* [[Victoriana]]
* [[Diocese of Victoriana|Victoriana]]
* [[Vicus Augusti]] (ruins of [[Sidi El Hani]], Henchir-Sabra?)
* [[Vicus Augusti]] (ruins of [[Sidi El Hani]], Henchir-Sabra?)
* [[Diocese of Vita|Vita]] (ruins of Beni-Derraj?)
* [[Diocese of Vita|Vita]] (ruins of Beni-Derraj?)
* [[Zella (see)]] (Zaouila, suburb of [[Mahdia]]? ruins of Zellez?)
* [[Zella (see)]] (Zaouila, suburb of [[Mahdia]]? ruins of Zellez?)
{{div col end}}

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{{Late Roman Provinces|state=collapsed}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== Sources and external links ==
== Sources and external links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/TN-type.htm GCatholic - Tunisia]
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/TN-type.htm GCatholic - Tunisia]
* [http://notitiadignitatum.org/613-map.htm Map] of the Roman state according to the Compilation notitia dignitatum
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190711234522/https://www.notitiadignitatum.org/613-map.htm Map] of the Roman state according to the Compilation notitia dignitatum
* [http://notitiadignitatum.org/702-2pla.pdf Place-names] in the Compilation notitia dignitatum
* [https://www.notitiadignitatum.org/08i-plac.pdf Place-names] in the Compilation notitia dignitatum
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{{Late Roman Provinces|state=collapsed}}


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[[Category:Byzantine North Africa]]
[[Category:Byzantine North Africa]]

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Latest revision as of 09:23, 30 November 2023

Provincia Byzacena
ἐπαρχία Βυζακινῆς
Province of the Late Roman Empire - Byzantine Empire
293–439
534–698

Map of Roman Africa and Egypt; Byzacena shown in top right.

The Province of Byzacena, showing its territorial extent, capital and major cities.
CapitalHadrumetum
Historical eraLate Antiquity - Early Middle Ages
• Division by Diocletian
c. 293
439
• Byzantine reconquest by Vandalic War
534
• Reorganization into the Exarchate
591
698
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Africa (Roman province)
Vandal Kingdom
Vandal Kingdom
Ifriqiya
Today part ofTunisia

Byzacena (or Byzacium) (Ancient Greek: Βυζάκιον, Byzakion)[1] was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.

History[edit]

At the end of the 3rd century AD, the Roman emperor Diocletian divided the great Roman province of Africa Proconsularis into three smaller provinces: Zeugitana in the north, still governed by a proconsul and referred to as Proconsularis; Byzacena to its adjacent south, and Tripolitania to its adjacent south, roughly corresponding to southeast Tunisia and northwest Libya. Byzacena corresponded roughly to eastern Tunisia or the modern Tunisian region of Sahel.

Hadrumetum (modern Sousse) became the capital of the newly made province, whose governor had the rank of consularis. At this period the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Byzacena was, after the great metropolis Carthage, the most important city in Roman (North) Africa west of Egypt and its Patriarch of Alexandria.

Episcopal sees[edit]

Ancient episcopal sees of Byzacena listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees:[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Procopius, History of the Wars, §4.12
  2. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  3. ^ located at Latitude: 36.19392 - Longitude: 10.02064.

Sources and external links[edit]

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