Diocese of the East
Roman Diocese of the East Dioecesis Orientis Ἑῴα Διοίκησις | |||||||
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Diocese of the Roman Empire | |||||||
314–535/536 | |||||||
The Diocese of the East c. 400 | |||||||
Capital | Antioch | ||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||
• Established | 314 | ||||||
• Diocese abolished by Justinian I | 535 or 536 | ||||||
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The Diocese of the East, also called the Diocese of Oriens, (
History
The capital of the diocese was at Antioch, and its governor had the special title of comes Orientis ("Count of the East", of the rank vir spectabilis and later vir gloriosus) instead of the ordinary "vicarius". The diocese was established after the reforms of Diocletian (r. 284–305), and was subordinate to the praetorian prefecture of the East.[1][2]
The diocese included originally all Middle Eastern provinces of the Empire:
In 535, as part of his administrative reforms, Justinian I abolished the diocese, and the comes Orientis became the provincial governor of Syria I, while retaining his previous rank of
The entire area of the former diocese came under
List of Comites Orientis
- Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus(330–336)
- Felicianus (335–?)
- Nebridius (354–358)
- Domitius Modestus (358–362)
- Iulianus (362–363)
- Aradius Rufinus (363–364)
- Eutolmius Tatianus (c. 370)
- Tuscianus (381)
- Philagrius (382)
- Proculus (383–384)
- Icarius (c. 384)
- Irenaeus (431–435)
- Ephraim of Amida (c. 522–c. 525)
- Asterius (587–588)
- Bacchus (588–589)
- Bonosus (c. 609–610)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
- ^ a b c Giftopoulou, Sofia (2005). "Diocese of Oriens (Byzantium)". Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor. Foundation of the Hellenic World. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ISBN 0-486-20399-9.