Diocletianic dioceses in Italy
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Diocletianic dioceses in Italy were late Roman administrative districts created under Emperor Diocletian’s reforms to reorganize and more efficiently govern the Italian territories of the empire.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical administrative concept
ⓘ
late Roman administrative division ⓘ |
| administrativeLevel |
above province
ⓘ
below praetorian prefecture ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Italian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedPopulation |
Roman citizens in Italy
ⓘ
provincial inhabitants of Italian territories ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeFunction |
coordination of multiple provinces
ⓘ
intermediate level between emperor and provincial governors ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeHead | vicarius ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeInnovation | formalization of diocesan level in Italy ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativePractice |
hierarchical bureaucracy
ⓘ
written imperial directives ⓘ |
| hasChronologicalContext | post-Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ |
| hasCreationReason |
management of increasing bureaucratic complexity
ⓘ
need for closer supervision of provincial governors ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | late Roman legal and administrative sources ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole |
tax assessment
ⓘ
tax collection ⓘ |
| hasGeopoliticalContext | Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | civil administration ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
illustration of Diocletian’s centralizing policies
ⓘ
model for later late Roman administrative structure ⓘ step in transition from Principate to Dominate ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | influenced later medieval regional divisions in Italy ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystem | Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryContext | separation of civil and military authority ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext | Tetrarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
improving tax collection
ⓘ
more efficient governance of Italian territories ⓘ reorganization of imperial administration ⓘ streamlining provincial oversight ⓘ strengthening central control ⓘ |
| hasReformContext | Diocletianic administrative reforms GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasRelationToEmperor | directly responsible to imperial authority GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasReligionContext |
Roman paganism
ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ |
| hasScale | supra-provincial ⓘ |
| hasStatus | non-military jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorSystem | Justinianic provincial reorganization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
Late Antiquity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late 3rd century AD ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfBoundary | administrative boundary ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman Empire ⓘ |
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