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Division of the Roman EmpireMore on the Roman EmpireCivil Administrative Government of the Late Roman EmpireAt the end of the Fourth Century, the Roman Empire was divided into 4 units (Prefectures) for the purposes of the civil government. Source: History of the Later Roman Empire, by J.B. Bury. I. Prefecture of the Gauls: (Britain, Gaul, Spain, and northwestern corner of Africa) Dioceses (Governors): II. Prefecture of Italy: (Africa, Italy, provinces between the Alps and the Danube, and the northwestern portion of the Illyrian peninsula)
Dioceses (Governors): III. Prefecture of Illyricum: (Dacia, Macedonia, Greece) Dioceses (Governors) IV. Prefecture of the East or Oriens: (from Thrace in the north to Egypt in the south and the territory of Asia)
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