314 in Politics - States and Territories Established in 314, Diocese of the East, Diocese of Pannonia, Diocese of Pontus, Diocese of Asia (Paperback)

Chapters: States and Territories Established in 314, Diocese of the East, Diocese of Pannonia, Diocese of Pontus, Diocese of Asia, Diocese of Africa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Diocese of the East (Latin:, Greek: ) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of the western Middle East, between the Mediterranean Sea and Mesopotamia. During late Antiquity, it was one of the major commercial, agricultural, religious and intellectual areas of the Empire, and its strategic location facing the Sassanid Empire and the unruly desert tribes gave it exceptional military importance. Its capital was at Antioch, and its governor had the special title of comes Orientis ("Count of the East," of the rank vir spectabilis and later vir gloriosus) instead of the ordinary "vicarius." The diocese was established after the reforms of Diocletian, and was subordinate to the Praetorian prefecture of the East. It presumably lasted until its territories were finally overrun by the Muslim conquest in the 630s. The diocese included originally all Middle Eastern provinces: Isauria, Cilicia, Cyprus (until 536), Euphratensis, Mesopotamia, Osroene, Syria, Phoenice, Palaestina, Arabia, as well as the provinces of gyptus, Augustamnica, Thebais, Libya Superior and Libya Inferior which were grouped into the separate Diocese of Egypt under Valens. During the course of the 4th century, the several provinces were split, resulting in the new provinces of Cilicia I and Cilicia II, Syria I and Syria Salutaris, Phoenice Libanensis (east of the Mt. Lebanon), Palestina I, Palestina II and Palestina Salutaris (or Palestina III). The last creation of a new province dated in the reign of Justinian I, when Theodorias, the region around Laodicea, was split ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=13327326