Roman Diocese of the East

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The Roman Diocese of the East was a major late Roman administrative district encompassing several provinces in the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, including parts of modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial administrative division
historical region
late Roman administrative diocese
administrativeCentre Antioch
alsoKnownAs Diocese of the East
Dioecesis Orientis
linked to: Diocese of the East
borderedBy Roman Diocese of Asia
Roman Diocese of Egypt
linked to: Diocese of Egypt

Roman Diocese of Pontus
linked to: Diocese of Pontus
capital Antioch
containedCity Antioch
Berytus
Damascus
Jerusalem
Laodicea ad Mare
linked to: Laodicea

Tarsus
dissolvedBy administrative reforms of the Eastern Roman Empire
establishedDuringReignOf Diocletian
establishedInCentury 4th century
flourishedInCentury 4th century
5th century
6th century
governedBy vicarius Orientis
hasPart Roman province of Arabia
Roman province of Cilicia
Roman province of Cyprus
Roman province of Euphratensis
Roman province of Isauria
Roman province of Mesopotamia
Roman province of Osroene
Roman province of Palaestina Prima
Roman province of Palaestina Secunda
linked to: Palaestina Secunda

Roman province of Palaestina Tertia
linked to: Palaestina Tertia

Roman province of Syria Coele
Roman province of Syria Phoenice
languageUsed Greek
Latin
locatedInPresentDay Israel
linked to: Palestine

Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
Syria
Turkey
locatedInTheRegion Near East
linked to: Western Asia

eastern Mediterranean
partOf Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Roman Empire
religion Christianity
Roman paganism
subdivisionOf Praetorian Prefecture of the East

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Referenced by (2)

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

Roman province of Osrhoene partOf Roman Diocese of the East
Palaestina Tertia partOf Oriens (Roman administrative diocese)
linked to: Roman Diocese of the East