Macedonia Secunda

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Macedonia Secunda was a late Roman and early Byzantine province carved from the larger region of Macedonia, centered around Thessalonica and serving as an important administrative and military district in the Balkans.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine province
Roman province
administrativeCenter Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
alternativeName Macedonia II
linked to: Macedonia Secunda

Macedonia Salutaris
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
borderedBy Epirus Nova
Macedonia Prima
Thessalia
linked to: Thessaly
capital Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
carvedFrom Macedonia (Roman province)
country Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
establishedInCentury 4th century
governedBy praeses
governedUnder Diocletianic and Constantinian reforms
hadRole administrative district
military district
historicalLanguageName Macedonia Secunda
historicalRegion modern North Macedonia
northern Greece
southwestern Bulgaria
includedCity Beroea
Heraclea Lyncestis
Stobi
Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
languageOfAdministration Latin
laterLanguageOfAdministration Greek
locatedIn Balkans
Macedonia (region)
linked to: Macedonia
militaryFunction protection of Thessalonica
support of Danubian frontier
partOf Diocese of Macedonia
Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum
religion Christianity
separatedFrom Macedonia Prima
strategicImportance control of routes between the Aegean and the Danube
defense of the Balkan interior
successorEntity Theme of Thessalonica
timePeriod Early Byzantine period
Late Roman Empire
linked to: Late Antiquity
typeOfDivision provincia
usedIn late Roman administrative reforms

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

province of Macedonia successorEntity Macedonia Secunda
Traianopolis locatedInRegion Macedonia (late Roman Diocese)
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Amyntas I of Macedon realm Lower Macedon
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Pydna partOf Roman Macedonia
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Beroea associatedWith Roman Macedonia
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Perdiccas II of Macedon ruledOver Lower Macedon
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Diocese of Moesia containsAdministrativeUnit Macedonia Salutaris
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Diocese of Macedonia hasPart Province of Macedonia Secunda
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Macedonia Secunda historicalLanguageName Macedonia Secunda
Macedonia Secunda alternativeName Macedonia II
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Macedonia Secunda alternativeName Macedonia Salutaris
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Epirus Nova borderedBy Macedonia Secunda
subject linked to: Roman province of Epirus Nova
Epirus Nova borderedBy Macedonia Secunda