Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Praetorian prefectures originated in the reign of Constantine I (r. 306–337), reaching their more or less final form in the last third of the 4th century and surviving until the 7th century, when the reforms of Heraclius diminished the prefecture's power, and the Muslim conquests forced the Eastern Roman Empire to adopt the new theme system.
The prefecture was established in the division of the Empire after the death of Constantine the Great in 337, and was made up of dioceses.Initially these were the Diocese of Africa, the Diocese of Italy, the Diocese of Pannonia, the Diocese of Dacia and the Diocese of Macedonia (the last two were until c. 327 united in the Diocese of Moesia).
The Prefecture was established after the death of Constantine the Great in 337, when the empire was split up among his sons and Constantius II received the rule of the East, with a praetorian prefect as his chief aide.
For praetorian prefects after the reformation of the office by emperor Constantine I, see: Praetorian prefecture of Italy; Praetorian prefecture of Gaul; Praetorian prefecture of the East; Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum; A further prefecture was established by emperor Justinian I in the 6th century: Praetorian prefecture of Africa
Praetorian Prefectures of the Roman Empire (375–379) Only after the death of Theodosius in 395 and the division of the Empire did the Illyricum assume the permanent form which appears in the Notitia , incorporating the dioceses of Macedonia and Dacia, with Thessalonica as capital.
The Praetorian Prefecture of Africa (Latin: praefectura praetorio Africae) was an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire in the Maghreb. With its seat at Carthage , it was established after the reconquest of northwestern Africa from the Vandals in 533–534 by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I .
Praetorian prefecture, the largest administrative division of the late Roman Empire, above the mid-level dioceses and the low-level provinces . Praetorian prefecture of Africa, division of the Eastern Roman Empire established after the reconquest of northwestern Africa from the Vandals
Praetorian prefecture of Italy and Africa (western) [ edit ] Originally there was a single diocese of Italia , but it was eventually split into a northern section and a southern section.