Italy and Africa

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Italy and Africa was one of the four major administrative prefectures of the Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy, encompassing the Italian peninsula and North African provinces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Roman Empire
praetorian prefecture
administeredBy praetorian prefect
administrativeLevel above provincial level
borderedBySea Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
capital Mediolanum NERFINISHED
createdAsPartOf Diocletianic reforms NERFINISHED
currency Roman coinage
encompassedProvince Africa Proconsularis NERFINISHED
Alpes Cottiae NERFINISHED
Alpes Maritimae NERFINISHED
Italia NERFINISHED
Raetia NERFINISHED
Sardinia et Corsica NERFINISHED
Sicilia NERFINISHED
encompassedTerritory Italian peninsula
North African provinces
establishedUnder Diocletian NERFINISHED
function civil administration
judicial oversight
tax collection
governmentType praetorian prefecture administration
historicalEra Late Antiquity NERFINISHED
includedKeyCity Carthage NERFINISHED
Mediolanum NERFINISHED
Ravenna NERFINISHED
Rome NERFINISHED
languageOfAdministration Latin
laterCapital Ravenna NERFINISHED
laterOfficialReligion Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED
legalSystem Roman law NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Africa
Europe
militaryCommandSeparatedFrom civil administration
namedAfter Africa NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
oneOfFourMajorPrefecturesWith Gaul NERFINISHED
Illyricum NERFINISHED
the East NERFINISHED
partOf Roman Empire
Tetrarchic administrative system
precededBy unified provincial administration of Italy and Africa under the Principate
religionDuringTetrarchy traditional Roman polytheism
succeededBy Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy NERFINISHED
Praetorian Prefecture of Italy NERFINISHED
Vandal Kingdom in Africa NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 3rd century AD to 4th century AD

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Tetrarchs territorialDivision Italy and Africa