Diocese of Africa

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The Diocese of Africa was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed several North African provinces, including the wealthy and strategically important region of Africa Proconsularis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Diocese of Africa canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman administrative division
late Roman diocese
late antique administrative unit
appliesToJurisdiction Africa Proconsularis
Africa Proconsularis
surface form: Africa Proconsularis (Roman province)

Balearic Islands
Byzacena
Carthage
surface form: Carthage (city)

Corsica
Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Sitifensis
Numidia
Sardinia
Tripolitania
capital Carthage
continent Africa
Europe
country Roman Empire
dissolvedBy Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE)
surface form: Vandal conquest of North Africa
followedBy Exarchate of Africa
surface form: Byzantine Exarchate of Africa

Vandal Kingdom
follows earlier provincial administration of Africa Proconsularis
governmentType civil diocese under vicarius
hasCharacteristic strategically important for Rome
wealthy grain-producing region
hasPart Africa Proconsularis
Balearic Islands
Byzacena
Corsica
Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Sitifensis
Numidia
Sardinia
Tripolitania
hasRole administration of taxation
civil governance
judicial administration
logistical support for Roman military
languageUsed Latin
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity North Africa
Western Mediterranean
namedAfter Africa Proconsularis
surface form: Roman province of Africa
officeHeldBy vicarius Africae
partOf Praetorian Prefecture of Italy
religion Christianity
Roman paganism
significantPlace Carthage
timePeriod Late Antiquity
Late Antiquity
surface form: late Roman Empire

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Africa Proconsularis partOf Diocese of Africa
Mauretania Caesariensis wasPartOf Diocese of Africa