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The Roman provinces (Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor. [1] [better source needed] For centuries, it was the largest administrative ...
They renamed their new homeland Dacia to diminish the impact that abandoning the original Dacia had on the Empire's prestige. The diocese was transferred to the western empire in 384 by Theodosius I, probably in partial compensation to the empress Justina for his recognition of the usurpation of Magnus Maximus in Britannia, Gaul and Hispania.
category:Provinces of the Roman Republic for provinces established during the Roman Republic, before the reign of emperor Augustus. category:Late Roman provinces for provinces established after the year 280, i.e. from the administrative reforms of Diocletian onwards.
This category contains the Roman provinces during the period of Late Antiquity (ca. 300–700), from the administrative reforms of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire. See also: parent category:Provinces of the Roman Empire for provinces that were established from the reign Augustus to that of Diocletian (about 280 AD).
Roman courts held original jurisdiction over cases involving Roman citizens throughout the empire, but there were too few judicial functionaries to impose Roman law uniformly in the provinces. Most parts of the Eastern Empire already had well-established law codes and juridical procedures. [ 103 ]
In the 18th century, the Holy Roman Empire consisted of approximately 1,800 such territories, the majority being tiny estates owned by the families of Imperial Knights. [2] This page does not directly contain the list but discusses the format of the various lists and offers some background to understand the complex organisation of the Holy ...
In 286 AD, the Emperor Diocletian moved the imperial residence associated with the western provinces (the later Western Roman Empire) from Rome to Mediolanum. [9] [better source needed] In 293 AD, Diocletian subdivided Italy into provinces and ended its special privileges, which led to the loss of Italy's precedence over other provinces. [10]
Provinces should be diffused into the following sub-categories: category:Provinces of the Roman Republic for provinces which were established during the Roman Republic, before Augustus. category:Provinces of the Roman Empire for provinces which were established during the Roman Empire, from Augustus onwards. They may also feature in: