Haemimontus (Greek: Αἱμίμοντος) was a late Roman and early Byzantine province, situated in northeastern Thrace.[1] It was subordinate to the Diocese of Thrace and to the praetorian prefecture of the East. Its capital was Adrianople, and it was headed by a praeses. The province was superseded by the Theme of Thrace during the 7th century, but survived as an Orthodox ecclesiastical metropolis until late Byzantine times.
| Province of Haemimontus Provincia Haemimonti ἐπαρχία Αἱμίμοντου | |||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||
| c. 293 – 640s | |||||||
 Haemimontus within the Diocese of Thrace c. 400. | |||||||
| Capital | Adrianople | ||||||
| Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||
• Diocletian's provincial reforms | c. 293 | ||||||
• Thematic reforms | 640s | ||||||
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| Today part of | Bulgaria Greece Turkey | ||||||
Honours
editHemimont Plateau in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after the province.[2]
References
edit- ^ Wilkes, J., S. Parker, R. Bagnall, W. Harris, A. Esmonde-Cleary, C. Wells, J. Drinkwater, R. Knapp, S. Mitchell. "Places: copy_of_991377 (Haemimontus)". Pleiades. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Hemimont Plateau. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Sources
edit- Soustal, Peter (1991). Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 6: Thrakien (Thrakē, Rodopē und Haimimontos) (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 47–49, 63, 126–128. ISBN 978-3-7001-1898-5.