Diocese of Illyricum

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The Diocese of Illyricum was a late Roman administrative district in the Balkans, encompassing parts of the western Balkan Peninsula and serving as an important frontier region of the empire.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman administrative division
late Roman diocese
borderedBy Danube frontier
linked to: Danubian frontier

Eastern Roman provinces
Italian prefecture
comprisedProvince Crete
Dacia Mediterranea
Dacia Ripensis
Dalmatia
Epirus Nova
Epirus Vetus
linked to: Epirus

Macedonia
Noricum
Pannonia
Praevalitana
correspondsInPartToModern Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Greece
Hungary
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia
establishedInPeriod late 3rd century
establishedUnder Diocletian
existedDuring 4th century
Constantinian dynasty
Tetrarchy
linked to: Tetrarchs

early 5th century
hadOfficialLanguage Latin
hadReligion Christianity
Roman paganism
hadStrategicImportance control of Balkan routes
defense of Danube frontier
hasCapital Sirmium
Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
locatedIn Balkans
western Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans
partOf Roman Empire
reorganizedUnder Constantine the Great
linked to: Constantine I
subordinatedTo Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum
praetorian prefect
wasAffectedBy Gothic invasions
Hunnic incursions
Slavic migrations
wasDividedBetween Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Western Roman Empire
wasFrontierRegionOf Balkan frontier
Roman Empire
wasMilitaryZone yes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Diocese of Pannonia (de facto) borderedBy Diocese of Illyricum
Illyricum prefecture hasPart Diocese of Praevalitana
linked to: Diocese of Illyricum
Praetorian Prefecture of Italy hasPart diocese of Illyricum (at times)
linked to: Diocese of Illyricum