Exarchate of Africa

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The Exarchate of Africa was a Byzantine administrative and military province established in North Africa in the late 6th century, serving as a key imperial outpost against external threats and local unrest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine exarchate
Byzantine province
former country
appliesToJurisdiction Byzacena
Balearic Islands
surface form: Byzantine Balearic Islands

Byzantine Corsica
Roman North Africa
surface form: Byzantine North Africa

Byzantine Sardinia
Carthage
surface form: Carthage region

Tripolitania
parts of Mauretania
capital Carthage
continent Africa
country Byzantine Empire
dissolved 698
late 7th century
followedBy Muslim conquest of North Africa
surface form: Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

Umayyad Caliphate
foundedBy Maurice (Byzantine emperor)
surface form: Byzantine Emperor Maurice

Maurice
hasBorderWith Berber tribal territories
Visigothic Kingdom
Western Mediterranean
surface form: Western Mediterranean Sea
hasCapital Carthage
hasRole civil administration
frontier defense
imperial outpost
military administration
headOfGovernment Exarch
historyOfTopic Byzantine–Berber conflicts
Roman–Persian Wars
surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian wars

Muslim conquest of North Africa
surface form: Muslim conquest of Carthage
inception c. 590
late 6th century
locatedIn Mediterranean Basin
North Africa
officeHeldBy Gennadius
Gennadius
surface form: Gennadius II

Gregory the Patrician
Heraclius
surface form: Heraclius the Elder
partOf Byzantine Empire
Mediterranean frontier of the Byzantine Empire
religion Chalcedonian Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
replaces Praetorian prefecture of Africa
significantEvent revolt of Gregory the Patrician
revolt of Heraclius the Elder
uses Greek language
Latin language

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Vandal Kingdom replacedBy Exarchate of Africa
Emperor Constantine IV maintainedControlOver Exarchate of Africa
subject surface form: Constantine IV
Heraclian dynasty territorialLoss Exarchate of Africa
this entity surface form: Exarchate of Carthage
Muslim conquest of North Africa hasParticipant Exarchate of Africa
Muslim conquest of North Africa hasOpponentCommander Exarchate of Africa
this entity surface form: Byzantine exarchs of Carthage
Zeugitana followedBy Exarchate of Africa
this entity surface form: Byzantine Exarchate of Africa
Diocese of Africa followedBy Exarchate of Africa
this entity surface form: Byzantine Exarchate of Africa
Gelimer successorState Exarchate of Africa
this entity surface form: Byzantine Exarchate of Africa
Mauretania Tingitana followedBy Exarchate of Africa
this entity surface form: Byzantine Exarchate of Africa