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 |
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.