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Diocese of Africa

Diocese of the Roman Empire

Diocese of Africa

Summary

Diocese of the Roman Empire

FieldValue
native_name
conventional_long_nameDiocese of Africa
common_nameDiocese of Africa
subdivisionDiocese
nationthe Roman Empire
eraLate Antiquity
capitalCarthage
title_leaderVicarius
image_mapDiocese of Africa - AD 400.png
image_map_captionDiocese of Africa - AD 400
life_span314 – 439
year_start314
event_startAdministrative reforms of Diocletian
year_end439
event_endVandals sack Carthage
event1Arrival of Vandals
date_event1429
s1Vandal Kingdom
political_subdivAfrica proconsularis
Byzacena
Numidia
Mauretania Sitifensis
Mauretania Caesariensis
Tripolitania
todayAlgeria
Tunisia
Libya

| | Byzacena Numidia Mauretania Sitifensis Mauretania Caesariensis Tripolitania Tunisia Libya

Coin of Bonifatius ''Comes Africae'' (422-431 CE).<ref>[https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153210 CNG Coins]</ref>

The Diocese of Africa () was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of North Africa, except Mauretania Tingitana. Its seat was at Carthage, and it was subordinate to the Praetorian prefecture of Italy.

The diocese included the provinces of Africa proconsularis (also known as Zeugitana), Byzacena, Mauretania Sitifensis, Mauretania Caesariensis, Numidia Cirtensis, Numidia Militiana and Tripolitania. In current geo-political terms, the Diocese of Africa included the entire coastline of Tunisia, Algeria with some mountainous hinterlands, plus the western half of Libya's coastline.

The diocese existed from the time of the Diocletianian and Constantinian reforms in the last years of the 3rd century until it was overrun by the Vandals in the 430s. The provincial organization were retained under the Vandals, and after their defeat and the reconquest of Africa by the Eastern Roman Empire in the Vandalic War, they were grouped anew, but this time in a praetorian prefecture.

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  1. [https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153210 CNG Coins]
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