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Europa (Roman province)

Roman province

Field	Value
native_name
Ἐπαρχία Εὐρώπης
conventional_long_name	Province of Europa
common_name	Europa
subdivision	Province
nation	the Roman Empire
era	Late Antiquity
capital	Perinthus
image_map	Dioecesis Thraciae 400 AD.png
image_map_caption	Europa within the Diocese of Thrace c. 400.
life_span	314–640s
year_start	314
event_start	Reforms of Diocletian
year_end	640s
event_end	Thematic reforms
today	Turkey

Ἐπαρχία Εὐρώπης

Europa among the Balkan provinces of Byzantine Empire in the 6th century.

Europa (Greek: Ευρώπη) was a Roman province within the Diocese of Thrace.

History

Established by Roman Emperor Diocletian (284–305), the province largely corresponds to what is modern day European Turkey. The province's capital was initially Arcadiopolis and subsequently Perinthus (later known as Heraclea; modern Marmara Ereğlisi).

Bordering only the provinces of Rhodope and Haemimontus to the west and northwest, Europa was a peninsula and was surrounded by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the northeast, the Bosphorus to the east, and the Sea of Marmara and Aegean Sea to the south and southeast.

The largest city along the Black Sea was Salmydessus. Along the coast of the Sea of Marmara were the cities of Perinthus (the capital; later known as Heraclea), Selymbria, Raidestus, and Callipolis. On the coast of the Aegean and at the mouth of the Hebrus river in the Melas Gulf was the city of Aenus (Thrace).

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