Macedonia Secunda

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Byzantine province Roman province

Macedonia Secunda was a late Roman and early Byzantine province carved from the larger region of Macedonia, centered around Thessalonica and serving as an important administrative and military district in the Balkans.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lower Macedon 1
Macedonia (late Roman Diocese) 1
Roman Macedonia 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine province ⓘ
Roman province ⓘ
administrativeCenter Thessalonica NERFINISHED ⓘ
alternativeName Macedonia II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedonia Salutaris NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Epirus Nova NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedonia Prima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thessalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Thessalonica NERFINISHED ⓘ
carvedFrom Macedonia (Roman province) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
governedBy praeses ⓘ
governedUnder Diocletianic and Constantinian reforms ⓘ
hadRole administrative district ⓘ
military district ⓘ
historicalLanguageName Macedonia Secunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion modern North Macedonia ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
southwestern Bulgaria ⓘ
includedCity Beroea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heraclea Lyncestis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stobi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thessalonica NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Latin ⓘ
laterLanguageOfAdministration Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Macedonia (region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryFunction protection of Thessalonica ⓘ
support of Danubian frontier ⓘ
partOf Diocese of Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
separatedFrom Macedonia Prima NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes between the Aegean and the Danube ⓘ
defense of the Balkan interior ⓘ
successorEntity Theme of Thessalonica NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Early Byzantine period ⓘ
Late Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfDivision provincia ⓘ
usedIn late Roman administrative reforms ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

province of Macedonia → successorEntity → Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
Traianopolis → locatedInRegion → Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macedonia (late Roman Diocese)
Amyntas I of Macedon → realm → Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Macedon
Pydna → partOf → Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Macedonia