Provinces (Roman Empire) in the context of "Vicarius"

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⭐ Core Definition: Provinces (Roman Empire)

The Roman provinces (Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor.

For centuries, it was the largest administrative unit of the foreign possessions of ancient Rome. With the administrative reform initiated by Diocletian, it became a third level administrative subdivision of the Roman Empire, or rather a subdivision of the imperial dioceses (in turn subdivisions of the imperial prefectures).

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👉 Provinces (Roman Empire) in the context of Vicarius

Within the administrative structure of the Roman Empire, an imperial vicar (from Latin: vicarius, meaning deputy) or exarch (from Ancient Greek: ἔξαρχος / exarchos) was a high ranking state official who served as a regional governor, and the office also continued to exist in the early Byzantine Empire. Since the time of emperor Diocletian (284-305), imperial vicars were appointed as civilian governors of newly established imperial dioceses, each of them encompassing several provinces. In the eastern parts of Roman Empire, dominated by the Greek language and common use of Greek terminology, imperial vicars were called exarchs.

In English terminology, forms vicarius or vicar are used for these officials.

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Augustus → Hadrian → Latin language → Ancient Rome → Roman Italy → Roman Republic → Roman Empire → Roman governor → Diocletian → Roman diocese → Praetorian prefecture →