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Italia suburbicaria ( Italy "under the government of the urbs ", i.e. Rome) was a vicariate of the late Roman Empire established by Constantine I ( 306 – 337 ). It included south-central Italy and the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.
In Italia, Odoacer and then the Ostrogothic kings, particularly Theoderic, basically retained the Roman provincial system, including the Praetorian Prefecture of Italia and the two vicariates of Italia Annonaria and Italia Suburbicaria, as well as the various provinces that they contained.
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Contents 1Praetorian prefecture of Gauls 1.1Diocese of Gallia 1.2Diocesis Viennensis 1.3Diocese of Hispania 1.4Diocese of Britannia 2Praetorian prefecture of Italy and Africa (western) 2.1Diocese of Italia suburbicaria 2.2Diocese of Italia annonaria 2.3Diocese of Africa ...
The Roman empire under Hadrian (125) showing the provinces as then organised. The Roman provinces ( Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor.
In the structure of the late roman empire, provinces were grouped into diocese, which were in turn grouped into praetorian prefectures. The civilian and military administration of these units were separate, and followed the hierarchy. land : province < diocese < praetorian prefecture < empire.
Suburbicarian Dioceses, a name applied to the dioceses nearest Rome, viz. Albano, Frascati (Tusculum), Palestrina, Sabina, Ostia and Velletri, Porto and S. Rufina, the bishops of which form the order of cardinal bishops (see Cardinal ).
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