Macedonia Secunda

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Macedonia Secunda was a late Roman and early Byzantine province carved from the larger region of Macedonia, centered around Thessalonica and serving as an important administrative and military district in the Balkans.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine province ⓘ
Roman province ⓘ
administrativeCenter Thessalonica ⓘ
linked to: Salonika
alternativeName Macedonia II ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda

Macedonia Salutaris ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
borderedBy Epirus Nova ⓘ
Macedonia Prima ⓘ
Thessalia ⓘ
linked to: Thessaly
capital Thessalonica ⓘ
linked to: Salonika
carvedFrom Macedonia (Roman province) ⓘ
country Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
establishedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
governedBy praeses ⓘ
governedUnder Diocletianic and Constantinian reforms ⓘ
hadRole administrative district ⓘ
military district ⓘ
historicalLanguageName Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
historicalRegion modern North Macedonia ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
southwestern Bulgaria ⓘ
includedCity Beroea ⓘ
Heraclea Lyncestis ⓘ
Stobi ⓘ
Thessalonica ⓘ
linked to: Salonika
languageOfAdministration Latin ⓘ
laterLanguageOfAdministration Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Macedonia (region) ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia
militaryFunction protection of Thessalonica ⓘ
support of Danubian frontier ⓘ
partOf Diocese of Macedonia ⓘ
Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
separatedFrom Macedonia Prima ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes between the Aegean and the Danube ⓘ
defense of the Balkan interior ⓘ
successorEntity Theme of Thessalonica ⓘ
timePeriod Early Byzantine period ⓘ
Late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity
typeOfDivision provincia ⓘ
usedIn late Roman administrative reforms ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

province of Macedonia → successorEntity → Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
Traianopolis → locatedInRegion → Macedonia (late Roman Diocese) ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Amyntas I of Macedon → realm → Lower Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Pydna → partOf → Roman Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Beroea → associatedWith → Roman Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Perdiccas II of Macedon → ruledOver → Lower Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Diocese of Moesia → containsAdministrativeUnit → Macedonia Salutaris ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Diocese of Macedonia → hasPart → Province of Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Macedonia Secunda → historicalLanguageName → Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
Macedonia Secunda → alternativeName → Macedonia II ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Macedonia Secunda → alternativeName → Macedonia Salutaris ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia Secunda
Epirus Nova → borderedBy → Macedonia Secunda ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman province of Epirus Nova
Epirus Nova → borderedBy → Macedonia Secunda ⓘ