Macedonia (Roman province)

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This article is about the ancient Roman province. For other uses, see Macedonia.

The Roman province of Macedonia was officially established in 146 BC, after the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus defeated Andriscus of Macedon in 148 BC, and after the four client republics established by Rome in the region were dissolved. The province incorporated Epirus Vetus, Thessaly, and parts of Illyria and Thrace.

In the 3rd century AD or 4th Century AD the province of Macedonia was divided into Macedonia Prima (to the south) and Macedonia Salutaris (to the north).

Macedonia Prima and Macedonia Salutaris were included in the Diocese of Macedonia, one of three dioceses which were included in the Prefecture of Illyricum, organized in 318 AD. When the Prefecture of Illyricum was divided into a Western and Eastern Illyricum in 379 AD, the Macedonian provinces were included in Eastern Illyricum. After the split of the Roman empire into a Western and Eastern Empire in 395 AD, Macedonia passed into the lands of the Byzantine empire.

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