Dioceses

Latin: dioecēsis

Greek: Διοίκησις [dioecēsis]

Modern: диоцез, dioecesis,  diocèse, diócesis 

 

In Late Antiquity Dioceses is administrative term related to the territorial division of the empire. After the reform of Diocletian (293) the Roman empire is divided in 4 praetorian prefectures composed of 12 dioceses, 14 till the end of the 4th century. Every dioces is governed by vicarius, subordinate to the praetorian prefect. Dioceses are composed with smaller territorial units – provinces.

 

List of dioceses

Dacia

Thracia

Macedonia

Pannonia


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