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| Diocese of Africa Dioecesis Africae | |||||||
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| Diocese of theRoman Empire | |||||||
| 314 – 439 | |||||||
 Diocese of Africa - AD 400 | |||||||
| Capital | Carthage | ||||||
| Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||
• Administrative reforms of Diocletian | 314 | ||||||
• Arrival ofVandals | 429 | ||||||
| 439 | |||||||
| Political subdivisions | Africa proconsularis Byzacena Numidia Mauretania Sitifensis Mauretania Caesariensis Tripolitania | ||||||
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| Today part of | Algeria Tunisia Libya | ||||||
TheDiocese of Africa (Latin:Dioecesis Africae) was adiocese of the laterRoman Empire, incorporating the provinces of North Africa, exceptMauretania Tingitana. Its seat was atCarthage, and it was subordinate to thePraetorian prefecture of Italy.
The diocese included the provinces ofAfrica proconsularis (also known as Zeugitana),Byzacena,Mauretania Sitifensis,Mauretania Caesariensis,Numidia Cirtensis,Numidia Militiana andTripolitania. In current geo-political terms, the Diocese of Africa included the entire coastline ofTunisia, Algeria with some mountainous hinterlands, plus the western half ofLibya's coastline.
The diocese existed from the time of theDiocletianian andConstantinian reforms in the last years of the 3rd century until it was overrun by the Vandals in the 430s. The provincial organization were retained under theVandals, and after their defeat and the reconquest of Africa by theEastern Roman Empire in theVandalic War, they were grouped anew, but this time in apraetorian prefecture.
