Exarch

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An Exarch was a Byzantine imperial governor who wielded both civil and military authority over a distant province, particularly in regions like Italy and North Africa.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Exarch of Ravenna 9
Exarch of Africa 3
Exarch canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine imperial office ⓘ
governor ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Exarchate of Africa ⓘ
Exarchate of Ravenna ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Arab conquests in North Africa ⓘ
Lombard invasions of Italy ⓘ
belongsToCategory Byzantine titles ⓘ
historical offices ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
createdBy Byzantine imperial reforms ⓘ
derivesFrom Greek term exarchos ⓘ
dissolvedWith loss of Byzantine territories in Italy ⓘ
loss of Byzantine territories in North Africa ⓘ
governmentType military governorship ⓘ
governsFrom Carthage ⓘ
Ravenna ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civil administration ⓘ
military forces ⓘ
hasCharacteristic combined civil and military authority ⓘ
semi-autonomous provincial rule ⓘ
hasGovernmentalRole defense of frontier provinces ⓘ
provincial governance ⓘ
hasLegalStatus imperial representative ⓘ
hasPower command of local garrisons ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
tax collection ⓘ
hasPurpose respond quickly to military threats ⓘ
strengthen imperial control over distant provinces ⓘ
hasRank high-ranking imperial official ⓘ
influencedBy need for centralized frontier command ⓘ
languageOfOffice Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Mediterranean frontier regions ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
meaningOfName leader ⓘ
one who leads ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Exarch of Africa ⓘ
linked to: Exarch

Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
partOf Byzantine provincial administration ⓘ
religionContext Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
replaces separate civil governor ⓘ
separate military commander ⓘ
subordinateTo Byzantine Emperor ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine emperors
usedInPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Smargadus → positionHeld → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Exarch Eutychius → positionHeld → Exarch of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Pentapolis → governedBy → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Duchy of Pentapolis → subordinateTo → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Exarch Isaac → positionHeld → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Exarch → officeHolderTitle → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Exarch → officeHolderTitle → Exarch of Africa ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Gregory the Patrician → positionHeld → Exarch of Africa ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Callinicus (exarch of Ravenna) → positionHeld → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
John I Lemigius → positionHeld → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
John I Lemigius → title → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Gennadius → positionHeld → Exarch of Africa ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Duchy of Rome → subordinateTo → Exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Romania (Byzantine Italy) → governedBy → exarch of Ravenna ⓘ
linked to: Exarch
Pier delle Vigne → positionHeld → imperial logothete ⓘ
linked to: Exarch