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The Roman provinces (Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor. [1] [better source needed] For centuries, it was the largest administrative ...
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Pontus is the Latinized form of Greek Pontos, the name of a Hellenistic kingdom, which in turn is derived from the Euxine Pontus, the Greco-Roman name of the Black Sea. It mainly contains parts of Asia minor near those coasts (as well as the mountainous centre), but also includes the north of very variable border with Rome's enemy Parthia/Persia.
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During the Palaiologan period, the insigne of the reigning dynasty, and the closest thing to a Byzantine "national flag", according to Soloviev, was the so-called "tetragrammatic cross", a gold or silver cross with four letters beta "Β" (often interpreted as firesteels) of the same color, one in each corner. [43] [44]
category:Provinces of the Roman Republic for provinces established during the Roman Republic, before the reign of emperor Augustus. category:Late Roman provinces for provinces established after the year 280, i.e. from the administrative reforms of Diocletian onwards.
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Provinces should be diffused into the following sub-categories: category:Provinces of the Roman Republic for provinces which were established during the Roman Republic, before Augustus. category:Provinces of the Roman Empire for provinces which were established during the Roman Empire, from Augustus onwards. They may also feature in: