Byzacena

Provincia Byzacena ἐπαρχία Βυζακινῆς
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

Byzacena (or Byzacium) (Ancient Greek: Βυζάκιον, Byzakion)^[1] was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.