Province of the Late Roman Empire - Byzantine Empire
293–439 534–698
Map of Roman Africa and Egypt; Byzacena shown in top right.
The Province of Byzacena, showing its territorial extent, capital and major cities.
Capital
Hadrumetum
Historical era
Late Antiquity - Early Middle Ages
• Division by Diocletian
c. 293
• Vandal Conquest of Carthage
439
• Byzantine reconquest by Vandalic War
534
• Reorganization into the Exarchate
591
• Fall of Carthage
698
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Africa (Roman province)
Vandal Kingdom
Vandal Kingdom
Ifriqiya
Today part of
Tunisia
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