Zeugitana
Zeugitana (also called Proconsularis provincia or Africa proconsularis ) was one of the seven provinces within the imperial organization founded by Diocletian and expanded by Constantine the Great in western North Africa , the diocese of Africa . It comprised the northern part of the previous province of Africa Proconsularis, whose name it continued. The cities of Carthage , Utica and Hippo Diarrhytus belonged to it . The name, which rarely occurs before it was constituted as a separate province, was of indigenous origin.
See also
- Gasr Duib Centenarium , a Roman military site in the province
literature
- Carl Joachim Classen : Zeugitana regio. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Sp. 1516.
Coordinates: 36 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E