Diocese of Thrace
(Redirected from
Thraciae
)| Diocese of Thrace Dioecesis Thraciae Διοίκησις Θρᾴκης | |
|---|---|
| Diocese of the Roman Empire | |
| 314–535 | |
 The Diocese of Thrace c. 400. | |
| Capital | Philippopolis |
| Historical era | Late Antiquity |
• Established | 314 |
• Diocese abolished by emperor Justinian I | 535 |
| Today part of |  Bulgaria Greece Turkey Romania |
The Diocese of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv, in Bulgaria) was the capital.
The diocese was established as part of the reforms of
Scythia Minor
.
In May 535, with
vir spectabilis and received 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.[1]
List of known Vicarii Thraciarum
- Aelius Claudius Dulcitius (?–361)
- Capitolinus (361–363)
- Andronicus (c. 366)
- Philoxenus (c. 392)
- Solomon (?–582)
References
Sources
- ISBN 0-486-20399-9.