Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Byzacena
At the end of the third century A.D., the Emperor Diocletian divided the great Roman province of Africa Proconsularis into smaller provinces, including Byzacena, corresponding now to the modern Sahel, region of Tunisia.
Hadrumetum (modern Sousse, Tunisia) became the capital of the the newly-made province. At this period the metropolis of Byzacena was after Carthage the most important town in Roman Africa.
Roman Africa Provinces
- Proconsularis (capital Carthage)
- Byzacena (capital Hadrumetum, modern Sousse)
- Tripolitana (including the island of Jerba)
10-26-2009 08:16:03
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details