Diocese of Macedonia
Diocese of the Roman Empire
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The Diocese of Macedonia (Latin: Dioecesis Macedoniae; Greek: Διοίκησις Μακεδονίας) was a diocese of the later Roman and then early Byzantine empire, forming part of the praetorian prefecture of Illyricum. Its administrative centre was Thessalonica.
Greece
North Macedonia
Albania
Bulgaria| Diocese of Macedonia Dioecesis Macedoniae Διοίκησις Μακεδονίας | |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Roman Empire then Eastern Roman Empire | |
| 306 AD–7th century | |
| |
| Capital | Thessalonica |
| Historical era | Late Antiquity |
• Reforms of Diocletian | 306 AD |
• Thessalonica became the Prefecture's new capital city | 379 |
| 7th century | |
| 7th century | |
| Today part of | Greece North Macedonia Albania Bulgaria |
History
The diocese was formed, probably under Constantine I (r. 306–337), from the division of the Diocletianic Diocese of Moesia. It included the provinces of Macedonia Prima, Macedonia Salutaris, Thessalia, Epirus vetus, Epirus nova, Achaea, and Crete. Alongside Dacia and, until 379, Pannonia, it made up the Prefecture of Illyricum. In 379, Pannonia was detached and merged into the Praetorian prefecture of Italy and Thessaloniki became the Prefecture's new capital city instead of Sirmium.
See also
Sources
- Notitia dignitatum, Pars Orientalis, III
- Joseph Roisman, Ian Worthington, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia,
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