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Thrace, Diocese of
The Diocese of Thrace is a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of the eastern Balkan Peninsula (comprising territories in modern southeastern Romania, central and eastern Bulgaria, and Greek and Turkish Thrace).
Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv, in Bulgaria) is the capital.The diocese is established as part of the reforms of Diocletian and Constantine the Great, and is headed by a vicarius subordinate to the praetorian prefecture of the East.
As outlined in the Notitia Dignitatum of ca.
400, the diocese includes the provinces of Europa, Thracia, Haemimontus, Rhodope, Moesia Inferior and Scythia.In May 535, with Novel 26, Justinian I abolishes the Diocese of Thrace.
Its vicarius retains his rank of vir spectabilis and receives the new title of praetor Justinianus, uniting in his hand both civil and military authority over the provinces of the former diocese, in a crucial departure from the strict separation of authority from the Diocletianian system.
A year later, in May 536, the two Danubian provinces, Moesia Inferior and Scythia, where detached to form, along with other provinces, the quaestura exercitus.
Member Cities
- Trimontium > Philippopolis > Plovdiv Plovdiv Bulgaria Capital
- Adrianople Edirne Turkey Location
- Anchialus > Pomorie Burgas Bulgaria Location
- Antioch > Antakya Hatay Turkey Location
- Arcadiopolis > Lüleburgaz Kirklareli Turkey Location
- Athens > Athínai Attiki Greece Location
- Beirut > Bayrut Bayrut Lebanon Location
- Bucharest > Bucuresti Bucuresti Romania Location
- Cavtat > Epidaurus Dubrovnik-Neretva Croatia Location
- Chalcedon > Kartal Istanbul Turkey Location
- Chisinau > Kisin'ov Chisinau Moldova Location
- Cluj Cluj Romania Location
- Constanta Constanta Romania Location
- Constantinople > Istanbul Istanbul Turkey Location
- Constantinople Istanbul Turkey Location
- Damascus > Dimashq Dimashq Syria Location
- Devnya > Marcianopolis Bulgaria Location
- Emesa > Homs Hims Syria Location
- Gallipoli > Gelibolu Canakkale Turkey Location
- Gigen > Oescus Lovech Bulgaria Location
- Hama > Epiphania Hamah Syria Location
- Hersek > Helenopolis? Turkey Location
- Hierapolis Denizli Turkey Location
- Ioánnina Ioannina Greece Location
- Isaacea Tulcea Romania Location
- Kaliakra > Akris Varna Bulgaria Location
- Khanasser >Anasartha Halab Syria Location
- Marcianopolis > Devnya Bulgaria Location
- Marmara Ereglisi > Heraclea > Perinthus Tekirdag Turkey Location
- Naissus > Nis Serbia Serbia Location
- Nikopol > Nicopolis Lovech Bulgaria Location
- Novi Sad Serbia Serbia Location
- Odessus > Varna Varna Bulgaria Location
- Oescus > Gigen Lovech Bulgaria Location
- Patras > Pátrai Akhaia Greece Location
- Philippi > Fílippoi Greece Location
- Philippopolis > Plovdiv Plovdiv Bulgaria Location
- Ragusa > Dubrovnik Dubrovnik-Neretva Croatia Location
- Reims Champagne-Ardenne France Location
- Salonae > Split Split-Dalmatia Croatia Location
- Serdica > Sofia Grad Sofiya Bulgaria Location
- Silivri Istanbul Turkey Location
- Singidunum > Belgrade Serbia Serbia Location
- Sirmium > Sremska Mitrovica Serbia Serbia Location
- Sulina Tulcea Romania Location
- Svistov Lovech Bulgaria Location
- Tarsus Icel Turkey Location
- Thessalonica > Thessaloníki (Salonika) Thessaloniki Greece Location
- Thessaloníki (Salonika) Thessaloniki Greece Location
- Thívai (Thebes) Voiotia Greece Location
- Tomis > Constanta Constanta Romania Location
- Tîrgoviste Dimbovita Romania Location
- Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa Romania Location
- Viminacium > Kostolac Serbia Location
- Zaldapa Varna Bulgaria Location
- Çatalca Istanbul Turkey Location