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15-663: Caesariensis may refer to: Flavia Caesariensis , one of the provinces of northern Roman Britain Mauretania Caesariensis , an ancient Roman province in North Africa Maxima Caesariensis , one of the provinces of southern Roman Britain Priscianus Caesariensis (6th century), Latin grammarian Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

30-454: A vicarius was called an exarch . According to the Notitia dignitatum (an early 5th century imperial chancery document), the vicarius had the rank of vir spectabilis ; the staff of a vicarius , his officium , was rather similar to a gubernatorial officium . For example, in the diocese of Hispania , the staff of the vicarius included: A servus vicarius (or simply vicarius ),

45-715: A vices agens praefecti praetorio ("deputy of the praetorian prefect "). An exception was the Diocese of the East , which was headed by a comes ("count"). In 370 or 381, Egypt and Cyrenaica were detached from the Diocese of the East and made a diocese under an official called the Augustal Prefect. In the eastern parts of the Empire, dominated by the Greek language and common use of Greek terminology,

60-504: The governor ( praeses ) of Flavia being of equestrian rank, making it unlikely to have been based in Londinium . The list of bishops who attended the 314 Council of Arles is patently corrupt but generally assumed to have mimicked the Roman administration: the identification of Lindum Colonia as a provincial capital rests on proposed emendations of one or the other of the bishops from

75-624: The metropolitan sees of the early British church established by SS   Fagan and " Duvian ", Gerald of Wales placed Flavia around London , extending into Mercia . Bertram 's highly-influential forgery The Description of Britain placed it similarly: although not including London, it included central England and was bound by the Severn , the Thames , the North Sea , and the Humber and Mersey ; this

90-452: The 290s, Emperor Diocletian carried out a series of administrative reforms, ushering in the period of the Dominate . These reforms also saw the number of Roman provinces increased, and the creation of a new administrative level, the diocese . The dioceses, initially twelve, grouped several provinces, each with its own governor . The dioceses were headed by a vicarius , or, more properly, by

105-524: The Britains (with its vicar at Londinium) was formed and made a part of Prefecture of Gaul . The Britains were divided among three, four, or five provinces, which seem to have borne the names Prima , Secunda , Maxima Caesariensis , and (possibly) Flavia Caesariensis and Valentia . The placement and capitals of these late British provinces are uncertain, although the Notitia Dignitatum lists

120-445: The cities Londinensi and colonia Londinensium . Those emendations are highly speculative: Bishop Ussher proposed Colonia , Selden Camaloden or Camalodon , and Spelman Camalodunum (all various names of Colchester ); Camden took it as Caerleon , with Bishop Stillingfleet and Thackery proposing that a scribal error created Civ. Col. Londin. from an original Civ. Col. Leg. II ( Caerleon ). Describing

135-555: The old province of Lower Britain , Birley proposes that Upper Britain was divided in two (between Prima and Caesariensis) and then three (Prima, Maxima, and Flavia). This repeats Camden 's earlier theory (relying on Sextus Rufus ) that Maxima was formed first and Flavia followed sometime after. Supporters of a later creation of Flavia note that it need not refer to Constantius Chlorus himself: instead, it may have honored any of Constantine , Valentinian , or Theodosius . Vicarius Originally, in ancient Rome , this office

150-564: The southern Pennines , possibly reaching the Irish Sea and including the lands of the Iceni . Its capital is sometimes placed at Lindum Colonia ( Lincoln ). Following the Roman conquest, Britain was administered as a single province from Camulodunum ( Colchester ) and then Londinium ( London ) until the Severan Reforms following the revolt of its governor Clodius Albinus . These divided

165-632: The territory into Upper and Lower Britain ( Britannia Superior and Inferior ), whose respective capitals were at Londinium and Eboracum ( York ). During the first phases of the Diocletian Reforms , Britain was under the control of the Allectus 's Britannic Empire as part of the Carausian Revolt . At some point after the territory was retaken by Constantius Chlorus in AD ;296, the Diocese of

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180-577: The title Caesariensis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caesariensis&oldid=599706662 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Flavia Caesariensis Flavia Caesariensis ( Latin for "The Caesarian province of Flavius "), sometimes known as Britannia Flavia ,

195-476: Was accepted for a century from the 1740s to the 1840s before being revealed as a forgery. Modern scholars usually place Londinium in Maxima rather than Flavia. Birley has argued that Maxima and Flavia originally consisted of a single province, which received the name Britannia Caesariensis as a mark of favour for support against the rebel Allectus in 296. Although Flavia is usually thought to have been formed from

210-415: Was equivalent to the later English " vice- " (as in " deputy "), used as part of the title of various officials. Each vicarius was assigned to a specific superior official, after whom his full title was generally completed by a genitive (e.g. vicarius praetoris ). At a low level of society, the slave of a slave , possibly hired out to raise money to buy manumission , was a servus vicarius . Later, in

225-536: Was one of the provinces of the Diocese of " the Britains " created during the Diocletian Reforms at the end of the 3rd century. It was probably created after the defeat of the usurper Allectus by Constantius Chlorus in AD 296 and was mentioned in the c.  312 Verona List of the Roman provinces. It seems to have been named after Chlorus's family and was probably located beside Maxima Caesariensis , but their positions and capitals remain uncertain. At present, most scholars place Flavia Caesariensis in

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