Diocese of Asia
Διοίκησις Άσίας
The Diocese of Asia c. 400.
Turkey
The Diocese of Asia (Latin: Dioecesis Asiana, Greek: Διοίκησις Ἀσίας/Άσιανῆς) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of western Asia Minor and the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea. The diocese was established after the reforms of Diocletian, was subordinate to the Praetorian prefecture of the East, and was abolished during the reforms of Justinian I in 535.
It was one of the most populous and wealthy dioceses of the Empire, and included 11 provinces:[1] Asia, Hellespontus, Pamphylia, Caria, Lydia, Lycia, Lycaonia, Pisidia, Phrygia Pacatiana, Phrygia Salutaria and Insulae.
List of known Vicarii Asiae
- Flavius Ablabius (324-326)
- Tertullianus (c. 330)
- Veronicianus (334-335)
- Scylacius (c. 343)
- Anatolius (c. 352)
- Araxius (353-354)
- Germanus (360)
- Italicianus (361)
- Caesarius (362-363)
- Clearchus (363-366)
- Auxonius (366-367)
- Musonius (367-368)
References
- ^ Alexander Demandt, Geschichte der Spätantike, Monachii 1998, p. 216.
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As found in the Notitia Dignitatum. Provincial administration reformed and dioceses established by Diocletian, c. 293. Permanent praetorian prefectures established after the death of Constantine I. Empire permanently partitioned after 395. Exarchates of Ravenna and Africa established after 584. After massive territorial losses in the 7th century, the remaining provinces were superseded by the theme system in c. 640–660, although in Asia Minor and parts of Greece they survived under the themes until the early 9th century. |
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- 1 Later the Septem Provinciae
- 2 Re-established after reconquest by the Eastern Empire in 534 as the separate Prefecture of Africa
- 3 Later the Diocese of Illyricum
- 4 Placed under the Quaestura exercitus in 536
- 5 Affected (i.e. boundaries modified, abolished or renamed) by Justinian I's administrative reorganization in 534–536
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