Oriens prefecture

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Oriens prefecture was a major administrative division of the late Roman Empire encompassing the eastern provinces, including parts of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Roman Empire
praetorian prefecture
alsoKnownAs Praefectura praetorio Orientis NERFINISHED
Praetorian Prefecture of the East NERFINISHED
appliesToPeriod Late Roman Empire NERFINISHED
borderedBy Gaul prefecture NERFINISHED
Illyricum prefecture NERFINISHED
Italia prefecture
capital Antioch NERFINISHED
Constantinople NERFINISHED
countryToday Bahrain NERFINISHED
Cyprus NERFINISHED
Egypt NERFINISHED
Iraq NERFINISHED
Israel NERFINISHED
Jordan NERFINISHED
Kuwait NERFINISHED
Lebanon NERFINISHED
Oman NERFINISHED
Palestine NERFINISHED
Qatar NERFINISHED
Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
Turkey NERFINISHED
United Arab Emirates NERFINISHED
dissolvedGradually 7th century
establishedAfter Tetrarchic reforms
establishedBy Constantine the Great NERFINISHED
establishedInCentury 4th century
existedDuringReignOf Justinian I NERFINISHED
Theodosius I NERFINISHED
hadRole civil administration
judicial authority
tax collection
headedBy praetorian prefect of the East
includedDiocese Diocese of Asia NERFINISHED
Diocese of Egypt NERFINISHED
Diocese of Pontus NERFINISHED
Diocese of Thrace NERFINISHED
Diocese of the East NERFINISHED
languageOfAdministration Greek
Latin
locatedIn Asia Minor
Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
Egypt
Levant NERFINISHED
Near East NERFINISHED
partOf Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman Empire
religionOfficial Christianity NERFINISHED
subdivisionType diocese

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Illyricum prefecture borderedBy Oriens prefecture