Byzacena

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Byzacena was a Roman province in North Africa, centered in what is now central and eastern Tunisia, known for its agricultural productivity and important cities such as Hadrumetum.

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Byzacena canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
former administrative division
borderedBy Tripolitania
Zeugitana
capital Hadrumetum
centeredIn central Tunisia
eastern Tunisia
country Roman Empire
createdUnder Diocletian
economy agriculture-based economy
establishedInPeriod late 3rd century
existedInPeriod Late Antiquity
governedBy praeses
hadEcclesiasticalStatus Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province
hasCoastlineOn Mediterranean Sea
hasImportantCity Acholla
Capsa
Gafsa
Hadrumetum
Leptiminus
Sufetula
Thaenae
Thelepte
Thysdrus
Usula
hasType senatorial province (later imperial administration)
historicalRegionName Byzacium
knownFor agricultural productivity
grain production
olive cultivation
olive oil exports
language Berber languages
Latin
Punic
locatedIn Africa Proconsularis
surface form: Africa Proconsularis region

North Africa
modernEquivalentRegion eastern Tunisia
surface form: Sahel region of Tunisia

central Tunisia steppe
partOf Diocletian's Tetrarchy
surface form: Diocletianic provincial reorganization

Praetorian prefecture of Africa
Roman Empire
presentIn Tunisia
surface form: modern Tunisia
producedForExport grain
olive oil
religion Christianity
traditional Roman religion
subdivisionOf Africa Proconsularis

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