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. In the 5th century, Epiphanius in a report mentions a three dioceses within the province; the Diocese of Adrianopolis, the Diocese of Plotinoupolis and an unnamed third diocese.[2]
The province was superseded by the Theme of Thrace during the 7th century, and later by the Theme of Macedonia after 8th century. However, the name Haemimontus survived as an Orthodox ecclesiastical metropolis until late Byzantine times.[3]
Honours
Hemimont Plateau in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after the province.[4]
References
- ↑ 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) - ↑ "Ιστορικό | Ιερά Μητρόπολις Διδυμοτείχου Ορεστιάδος & Σουφλίου". www.imdos.gr (in Greek).
- ↑ Parthey, Gustav, ed. (1866). Hieroclis Synecdemus et notitiae Graecae episcopatuum: Accedunt Nili Doxapatrii notitia patriarchatuum et locorum nomina immutata (in Latin). Berolini: In aedibus Friderici Nicolai.
- ↑ Hemimont Plateau. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Sources
- 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.