Byzacena
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Byzacena (or Byzacium; ) was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.
Key facts
- Former subdivision.common_name
- Byzacena
- Former subdivision.subdivision
- Province
- Former subdivision.nation
- the Late Roman Empire - Byzantine Empire
- Former subdivision.era
- Late Antiquity - Early Middle Ages
- Former subdivision.capital
- Hadrumetum
- Former subdivision.title_leader
- Consularis
- Former subdivision.image_map
- Roman Africa.JPG
- Former subdivision.image_map_caption
- Map of Roman Africa and Egypt; Byzacena shown in top right.
- Former subdivision.life_span
- 293–439 534–698
- Former subdivision.year_start
- c. 293
- Former subdivision.event_start
- Division by Diocletian
- Former subdivision.event1
- Vandal Conquest of Carthage
- Former subdivision.date_event1
- 439
- Former subdivision.event2
- Byzantine reconquest by Vandalic War
- Former subdivision.date_event2
- 534
- Former subdivision.event3
- Reorganization into the Exarchate
- Former subdivision.date_event3
- 591
- Former subdivision.year_end
- 698
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Episcopal sees
- Further reading
- See also
- References
- Sources and external links
Byzacena (or Byzacium; ) was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.
== History ==
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