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Arcadia Aegypti

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Roman province in northern Egypt

Provincia Arcadia Aegypti ἐπαρχία Αρκαδίας Αιγύπτου
province of theRoman Empire
After 386–640s
Diocese of Egypt, c. 400
Capital	Oxyrhynchus

History

• Established	After 386
• Disestablished	640s



Today part of	Egypt

Arcadia orArcadia Aegypti was a LateRoman province in northernEgypt. It was named for one of the reigningAugustiof the Roman Empire,Arcadius (r. 383–408) of the Theodosian dynasty when it was created in the late 4th century. Its capital wasOxyrhynchus and its territory encompassed theArsinoite nome and the "Heptanomia" ("sevennomes") region.^[1]

History

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It was created between 386 and ca. 395 out of the province ofAugustamnica and most of the historical region known as "Heptanomis" ("sevennomes"), except forHermopolis, which belonged to theThebaid.^[2]

In theNotitia Dignitatum, Arcadia forms one of six provinces of theDiocese of Egypt, under a governor with the low rank ofpraeses.^[2]^[3]

By 636, thepraeses governor had been replaced by a governor with the rank ofdux.^[1]

Episcopal sees

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Ancient episcopal sees in the Roman province of Arcadia Aegypti, listed in theAnnuario Pontificio astitular sees:^[4]

Oxyrhynchus, the Metropolitan Archbishopric, so probably the provincial capital
Alphocranon (Helwan)
Aphroditopolis (Atfih)
Arsinoë in Arcadia (Faiyum)
Cynopolis in Arcadia (El-Queis? Cheikh-Fadl?)
Heracleopolis Magna
Memphis
Nilopolis
Theodosiopolis in Arcadia (Taha-el-Amudein)

References

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^^a ^bKeenan, James (2018), Nicholson, Oliver (ed.),"Arcadia",The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (online ed.), Oxford University Press,doi:10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001,ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8, retrieved2020-12-29
^^a ^bKeenan (2000), p. 613
^Notitia Dignitatum,in partibus Orientis, I
^Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013

Sources

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Keenan, James K. (2000)."Egypt". In Cameron, Averil; Ward-Perkins, Bryan; Whitby, Michael (eds.).The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume XIV - Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, A.D. 425–600. Cambridge University Press. pp. 612–637.ISBN 978-0-521-32591-2.

Late Roman and early Byzantine provinces (4th–7th centuries AD)

History

As found in theNotitia Dignitatum. Provincial administration reformed anddioceses established byDiocletian,c. 293. Permanent praetorian prefectures established after the death ofConstantine I. Empire permanently partitioned after 395. Exarchates ofRavenna andAfrica established after 584. After massive territorial losses in the 7th century, the remaining provinces were superseded by thetheme system in c. 640–660, although inAsia Minor and parts of Greece they survived under the themes until the early 9th century.

Western Roman Empire (395–476)

Praetorian prefecture
of Gaul

Diocese of Gaul	Alpes Poeninae et Graiae Belgica I Belgica II Germania I Germania II Lugdunensis I Lugdunensis II Lugdunensis III Lugdunensis IV Maxima Sequanorum
Diocese of Vienne¹	Alpes Maritimae Aquitanica I Aquitanica II Narbonensis I Narbonensis II Novempopulania Viennensis
Diocese of Spain	Baetica Balearica Carthaginensis Gallaecia Lusitania Mauretania Tingitana Tarraconensis
Diocese of the Britains	Britannia I Britannia II Flavia Caesariensis Maxima Caesariensis Valentia (?)

Praetorian prefecture
of Italy

Diocese of Suburbicarian Italy	Apulia et Calabria Campania Corsica Lucania et Bruttium Picenum Suburbicarium Samnium Sardinia Sicilia Tuscia et Umbria Valeria
Diocese of Annonarian Italy	Alpes Cottiae Flaminia et Picenum Annonarium Liguria etAemilia Raetia I Raetia II Venetia et Histria
Diocese of Africa²	Africa proconsularis (Zeugitana) Byzacena Mauretania Caesariensis Mauretania Sitifensis Numidia (divided as Cirtensis and Militiana during the Tetrarchy) Tripolitania (Roman province)

Eastern Roman Empire (395–c. 640)

Praetorian prefecture
of Illyricum

Diocese of Pannonia³	Dalmatia Noricum mediterraneum Noricum ripense Pannonia I Pannonia II Savia Valeria ripensis
Diocese of Dacia	Dacia Mediterranea Dacia Ripensis Dardania Moesia I Praevalitana
Diocese of Macedonia	Achaea Creta Epirus Nova Epirus Vetus Macedonia Prima Macedonia II Salutaris Thessalia

Praetorian prefecture
of the East

Diocese of Thrace⁵	Europa Haemimontus Moesia II⁴ Rhodope Scythia⁴ Thracia
Diocese of Asia⁵	Asia Caria⁴ Hellespontus Islands⁴ Lycaonia (370) Lycia Lydia Pamphylia Pisidia Phrygia Pacatiana Phrygia Salutaris
Diocese of Pontus⁵	Armenia I⁵ Armenia II⁵ Armenia Maior⁵ Armenian Satrapies⁵ Armenia III (536) Armenia IV (536) Bithynia Cappadocia I⁵ Cappadocia II⁵ Galatia I⁵ Galatia II Salutaris⁵ Helenopontus⁵ Honorias⁵ Paphlagonia⁵ Pontus Polemoniacus⁵
Diocese of the East⁵	Arabia Cilicia I Cilicia II Cyprus⁴ Euphratensis Isauria Mesopotamia Osroene Palaestina I Palaestina II Palaestina III Salutaris Phoenice I Phoenice II Libanensis Syria I Syria II Salutaris Theodorias (528)
Diocese of Egypt⁵	Aegyptus I Aegyptus II Arcadia Augustamnica I Augustamnica II Libya Superior Libya Inferior Thebais Superior Thebais Inferior

Other territories
Taurica Quaestura exercitus (536) Spania (552)

¹ Later theSeptem Provinciae
² Re-established afterreconquest by the Eastern Empire in 534 as the separatePrefecture of Africa
³ Later theDiocese of Illyricum
⁴ Placed under theQuaestura exercitus in 536
⁵ Affected (i.e. boundaries modified, abolished or renamed) byJustinian I's administrative reorganization in 534–536

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