Illyricum prefecture

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Illyricum prefecture was a major late Roman administrative division encompassing much of the western Balkans and parts of the eastern Adriatic region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf late Roman administrative division
praetorian prefecture
alsoKnownAs Illyricum prefecture
surface form: Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum
appliesToJurisdiction Illyricum
Adriatic coast
surface form: eastern Adriatic region

western Balkans
borderedBy Africa prefecture
Gaul prefecture
Italy
Oriens prefecture
capital Sirmium
Salonika
surface form: Thessalonica
continent Europe
country Roman Empire
economicActivity agriculture
trade along the Adriatic Sea
endTime 7th century
followed Diocletianic provincial reorganization
governmentType imperial administration
hasCentralGovernment court of the praetorian prefect
hasPart Diocese of Dacia
Diocese of Macedonia
Diocese of Moesia
Diocese of Pannonia (de facto)
surface form: Diocese of Pannonia

Diocese of Illyricum
surface form: Diocese of Praevalitana
historyOfTopic administrative history of the Roman Empire
languageUsed Greek
Latin
locatedInPresentDay Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Greece
Hungary
Kosovo
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia
locatedInTimePeriod Late Antiquity
militarySignificance frontier region facing Danube
namedAfter Illyricum
officeHeldBy praetorian prefect of Illyricum
partOf Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire
religion Christianity
startTime 4th century
subdivisionType praetorian prefecture

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Moesia partOf Illyricum prefecture
Illyrians legacy Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Roman province of Illyricum
Dardania laterPartOf Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
Dyrrhachium partOf Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Roman province of Illyricum
Pannonia Secunda partOf Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum
Dacia Ripensis administrativePrefecture Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum
Illyricum prefecture alsoKnownAs Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum
Pannonia Prima partOf Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
Pannonia Valeria locatedIn Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
Pannonia Savia belongsToPrefecture Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum
imperial administration of the Western Roman Empire hasAdministrativeDivision Illyricum prefecture
this entity surface form: praetorian prefecture of Illyricum