Diocese of Asia

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The Diocese of Asia was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed much of western Asia Minor, created during the empire’s reorganization to group several provinces under a single diocesan authority.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Diocese of Asia canonical 5
Asiana Diocese 1
Diocese of Asiana 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial administrative division ⓘ
late Roman administrative diocese ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Asia Minor ⓘ
western Asia Minor ⓘ
borderedBy Aegean Sea ⓘ
Diocese of Pontus ⓘ
Diocese of Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thraciae Diocese

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
createdAroundYear 314 ⓘ
createdDuringReignOf Diocletian ⓘ
createdInCentury 4th century ⓘ
documentedInSource Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ
existedInPoliticalEntity Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
followedAdministrativeModelOf Diocese of Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thraciae Diocese

Diocese of the East ⓘ
followedAdministrativeSystem Diocletianic reforms ⓘ
governedByOffice vicarius ⓘ
groupedAdministrativeUnits Roman provinces ⓘ
hadAdministrativeLevel intermediate between prefecture and province ⓘ
hadFiscalFunction yes ⓘ
hadJudicialFunction yes ⓘ
hadMilitaryFunction limited, mainly civil administration ⓘ
hadProvince Asia ⓘ
Caria ⓘ
Cilicia ⓘ
Hellespontus ⓘ
linked to: Dardanelles

Insulae ⓘ
Lycia ⓘ
Lydia ⓘ
Pamphylia ⓘ
Phrygia Pacatiana ⓘ
Phrygia Salutaris ⓘ
Pisidia ⓘ
hasCapital Ephesus ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
namedAfter province of Asia ⓘ
partOf Praetorian Prefecture of the East ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy provincial administration of Asia Minor without diocesan level ⓘ
religion Christianity (state religion in later period) ⓘ
linked to: Christianity
subordinateToOffice praetorian prefect of the East ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
usedLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
wasAbolishedGraduallyInCentury 7th century ⓘ
wasAffectedBy Byzantine themata reforms ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman province of Asia → reorganizedInto → Diocese of Asia ⓘ
Eastern Roman provinces → includedProvince → Asiana Diocese ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Asia
Diocese of Egypt → hasBorderWith → Diocese of Asia ⓘ
Phrygia Pacatiana → subdivisionOf → Diocese of Asia ⓘ
Diocese of the East → borderedBy → Diocese of Asia ⓘ
Diocese of Macedonia → hasBorderWith → Diocese of Asiana ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Asia
Oriens prefecture → includedDiocese → Diocese of Asia ⓘ