Diocese of the East

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Byzantine administrative diocese Roman imperial administrative division late Roman administrative diocese

The Diocese of the East was a major late Roman and early Byzantine administrative diocese encompassing several provinces in the eastern Mediterranean, including parts of Syria and Palestine.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Diocese of Oriens 1
Oriens Diocese 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine administrative diocese ⓘ
Roman imperial administrative division ⓘ
late Roman administrative diocese ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Diocese of the Orient NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dioecesis Orientis NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Diocese of Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diocese of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diocese of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sassanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
dissolutionCause Arab–Muslim conquests NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedInCentury 7th century ⓘ
establishedBy Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInPeriod late 3rd century ⓘ
existedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
governedBy comes Orientis NERFINISHED ⓘ
vicarius of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedProvince Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Euphratensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osroene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestina Prima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestina Secunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestina Tertia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phoenice Libanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria Coele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria Phoenice NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
reorganizedBy Constantine the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantCity Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Eastern Roman provinces → includedProvince → Diocese of the East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oriens Diocese
Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima → locatedIn → Diocese of the East ⓘ
Roman province of Arabia Petraea → partOf → Diocese of the East ⓘ
subject surface form: Arabia Petraea
Maximinus Daia → ruledRegion → Diocese of the East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diocese of Oriens