Diocese of Hispania

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The Diocese of Hispania was a late Roman administrative district encompassing the provinces of the Iberian Peninsula and nearby islands under the broader authority of the Western Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman diocese
late Roman administrative division
administrativeLevel intermediate between province and prefecture
appliesToRegion Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED
borderedBy Diocese of Galliae NERFINISHED
Diocese of the Seven Provinces NERFINISHED
currency Roman coinage
establishedAroundYear 293
establishedInCentury 3rd century
establishedUnder Diocletian NERFINISHED
Maximian NERFINISHED
governmentType Roman civil administration
hasCapital Emerita Augusta NERFINISHED
hasLatinName Dioecesis Hispaniarum NERFINISHED
hasModernEquivalentRegion Gibraltar NERFINISHED
Portugal NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
northern Morocco
hasTypeOfGovernor vicarius
headedBy vicarius Hispaniarum NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
includesProvince Baetica NERFINISHED
Carthaginensis NERFINISHED
Gallaecia NERFINISHED
Lusitania NERFINISHED
Mauretania Tingitana NERFINISHED
Tarraconensis NERFINISHED
includesTerritory Balearic Islands NERFINISHED
Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED
languageOfAdministration Latin
legalSystem Roman law NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent Africa
Europe
partOf Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED
partOfReform Diocletianic administrative reforms NERFINISHED
religion Arian Christianity NERFINISHED
Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED
Roman paganism
reorganizedUnder Constantine the Great NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul NERFINISHED
succeededBy Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania NERFINISHED
sufferedInvasionBy Alans NERFINISHED
Suebi NERFINISHED
Vandals NERFINISHED
Visigoths NERFINISHED
timeInForce late 3rd century to early 5th century
usedFor imperial control of provinces
judicial administration
tax collection

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

Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls hasPart Diocese of Hispania
Mauretania Tingitana partOf Diocese of Hispania