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{{Short description|Roman province located in modern-day Tunisia}}
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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = {{aut|Provincia Byzacena}}<br>{{lang|grc|ἐπαρχία Βυτακινής}}
| native_name = {{aut|Provincia Byzacena}}<br>{{lang|grc|ἐπαρχία Βυζακινῆς}}
|conventional_long_name =
| conventional_long_name =
|common_name = Byzacena
| common_name = Byzacena
|subdivision = [[Byzantine province|Province]]
| subdivision = [[Roman province|Province]]
|nation = the [[Byzantine Empire]]
| nation = the [[Late Roman Empire]] - [[Byzantine Empire]]
|era = [[ancient history|Antiquity]]
| era = [[Late Antiquity]] - [[Early Middle Ages]]
|capital = [[Hadrumetum]]
| capital = [[Hadrumetum]]
|title_leader = ''Consularis''
| title_leader = ''Consularis''
|image_map =
| image_map = Roman Africa.JPG
|image_map_caption =
| image_map_caption = Map of Roman Africa and Egypt; Byzacena shown in top right.
|life_span =
| life_span = 293–439 <br/> 534–698
|year_start = c. 293
| year_start = c. 293
|event_start = Division by [[Diocletian]]
| event_start = Division by [[Diocletian]]
| event1 = [[Capture of Carthage (439)|Vandal Conquest of Carthage]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
| date_event1 = 439
|event2 = Byzantine reconquest by [[Vandalic War]]
|year_end = 698
|date_event2 = 534
|event_end = [[Arab-Byzantine Wars]]
|event3 = Reorganization into the [[Exarchate of Africa|Exarchate]]
|today = {{flag|Tunisia}}
|p1 = Roman Empire
|date_event3 = 591
|flag_p1 = Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg
| year_end = 698
|s1 = Rashidun Caliphate
| event_end = [[Battle of Carthage (698)|Fall of Carthage]]
|flag_s1 =
| today = [[Tunisia]]
| p1 = Africa (Roman province)
| 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 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]].
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]].


== Episcopal sees ==
== Episcopal sees ==
{{merge to|Early African church#History before the Arab Conquest|section=yes}}
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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* [[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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* [[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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== 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:Byzacena| ]]
[[Category:Late Roman provinces]]
[[Category:Late Roman provinces]]

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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