Byzacena
Roman province located in modern-day Tunisia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Quick Facts Provincia Byzacena ἐπαρχία Βυζακινῆς, Capital ...
Provincia Byzacena ἐπαρχία Βυζακινῆς | |||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||
Capital | Hadrumetum | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity - Early Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Division by Diocletian | c. 293 | ||||||||||||
439 | |||||||||||||
• Byzantine reconquest by Vandalic War | 534 | ||||||||||||
• Reorganization into the Exarchate | 591 | ||||||||||||
698 | |||||||||||||
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Today part of | Tunisia |
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