Italy and Africa

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Italy and Africa was one of the four major administrative prefectures of the Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy, encompassing the Italian peninsula and North African provinces.

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Italy and Africa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Roman Empire
praetorian prefecture
administeredBy praetorian prefect
administrativeLevel above provincial level
borderedBySea Mediterranean Sea
capital Mediolanum
createdAsPartOf Diocletianic reforms
currency Roman coinage
encompassedProvince Africa Proconsularis
Alpes Cottiae
Alpes Maritimae
linked to: Maritime Alps

Italia
linked to: Italy

Raetia
Sardinia et Corsica
Sicilia
linked to: Sicily
encompassedTerritory Italian peninsula
North African provinces
establishedUnder Diocletian
function civil administration
judicial oversight
tax collection
governmentType praetorian prefecture administration
historicalEra Late Antiquity
includedKeyCity Carthage
Mediolanum
Ravenna
Rome
languageOfAdministration Latin
laterCapital Ravenna
laterOfficialReligion Nicene Christianity
legalSystem Roman law
locatedOnContinent Africa
Europe
militaryCommandSeparatedFrom civil administration
namedAfter Africa
Italy
oneOfFourMajorPrefecturesWith Gaul
Illyricum
the East
partOf Roman Empire
Tetrarchic administrative system
precededBy unified provincial administration of Italy and Africa under the Principate
religionDuringTetrarchy traditional Roman polytheism
succeededBy Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy
linked to: Ostrogothic Kingdom

Praetorian Prefecture of Italy
Vandal Kingdom in Africa
linked to: Vandal Kingdom
timePeriod late 3rd century AD to 4th century AD

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Tetrarchs territorialDivision Italy and Africa