Byzacena
Byzacena (or Byzacium) (Ancient Greek: Βυζάκιον, Byzakion) was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.
| Provincia Byzacena ἐπαρχία Βυζακινῆς | |||||||||||||
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| Province of the Late Roman Empire - Byzantine Empire | |||||||||||||
| 293–439 534–698 | |||||||||||||
Map of Roman Africa and Egypt; Byzacena shown in top right. | |||||||||||||
The Province of Byzacena, showing its territorial extent, capital and major cities. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Hadrumetum | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Late Antiquity - Early Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Division by Diocletian | c. 293 | ||||||||||||
| 439 | |||||||||||||
• Byzantine reconquest by Vandalic War | 534 | ||||||||||||
• Reorganization into the Exarchate | 591 | ||||||||||||
| 698 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Tunisia | ||||||||||||
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