During this persecution many bishops were exiled to the other ends of the Empire, ( e. g., St Hilary of Poitiers to the Eastern provinces ).

In foreign policy, Abdülaziz turned to the Russian Empire for friendship, as turmoil in the Balkan provinces continued.

It was normal Roman practice to allow allied kingdoms their independence only for the lifetime of their client king, who would agree to leave his kingdom to Rome in his will — the provinces of Bithynia and Galatia, for example, were incorporated into the Empire in just this way.

The agreement effectively divided the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire outside the Arabian peninsula into areas of future British and French control or influence.

It is no surprise that the " Young Turk " revolution occurred in the troubled European provinces of the Empire.

Nevertheless, Constantine identified the site of Byzantium as the right place: a place where an emperor could sit, readily defended, with easy access to the Danube or the Euphrates frontiers, his court supplied from the rich gardens and sophisticated workshops of Roman Asia, his treasuries filled by the wealthiest provinces of the Empire.

The city provided a defence for the eastern provinces of the old Roman Empire against the barbarian invasions of the 5th century.

Several colonies were placed in new provinces or on the border of the Empire in order to secure Roman holdings as quickly as possible.

Constans managed to extract the prefecture of Illyricum and the diocese of Thrace, provinces that were originally part of what was meant to be ruled by his cousin Dalmatius as per Constantine I ’ s proposed division of the Empire after his death.

In 350, the general Magnentius declared himself emperor at Augustodunum with the support of the troops on the Rhine frontier-and later the western provinces of the Empire.

Domitian toured the European provinces extensively, and spent at least three years of his reign in Germania and Illyricum, conducting military campaigns on the frontiers of the Empire.

The most significant threat the Roman Empire faced during the reign of Domitian arose from the northern provinces of Illyricum, where the Suebi, the Sarmatians and the Dacians continuously harassed Roman settlements along the Danube river.

The Theran Empire book covers the Theran Empire and its provinces ( which roughly correspond to the territories of the Roman Empire, plus colonies in America and India ).

The British provinces were isolated, lacking support from the Empire, and the soldiers supported the revolts of Marcus ( 406 – 407 ), Gratian ( 407 ), and Constantine III.

One more consequence of the catastrophe at the battle of Edessa was that Gallienus lost control over the two provinces of Germania, Britain, Spain and a large part of Gaul, when another general, Postumus, had declared his own realm ( typically known today as the Gallic Empire ).

Under the Roman Empire, administration of peaceful provinces was ultimately the remit of the Senate, but those, like Britain, that required permanent garrisons were placed under the Emperor's control.

It was brought under control and followed in 1772 by the First Partition of the Commonwealth, a permanent encroachment on the outer Commonwealth provinces by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria.

The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was founded when Diodotus I, the satrap of Bactria ( and probably the surrounding provinces ) seceded from the Seleucid Empire around 250 BC.

All Greeks were united, however, in their determination to liberate the Greek-speaking provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

The Treaty of Frankfurt allowed the newly formed German Empire to annex the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.

The new administrative system of the themes, or military provinces created by the Byzantine Empire, contributed to the eventual rise of feudalism in Albania, as peasant soldiers who served military lords became serfs on their landed estates.

Albania would remain a part of the Ottoman Empire as the provinces of Scutari, Monastir and Janina until 1912.

Between 6 and 9 AD the Dalmatians raised the last in a series of revolts together with the Pannonians, but it was finally crushed and in 10 AD Illyricum was split into two provinces, Pannonia and Dalmatia.

While spending most of his time in the provinces of the Rhine area ( Germania Inferior, Germania Superior, Raetia, Noricum ), it is almost certain that, during 253 to 258, Gallienus visited the Danube area and Illyricum.

The modern territory of Albania has no counterpart in antiquity, comprising parts of the Roman provinces of Dalmatia ( southern Illyricum ), Macedonia ( particularly Epirus Nova ), and Moesia Superior.

Illyricum was later divided into the provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia.

Mark Antony is given the Eastern provinces ; the River Drin, the boundary between the provinces Illyricum and Macedonia, would serve as their frontier.

Before the rule of Claudius Gothicus, there had only been two emperors from the Balkans, but after, there would only be one emperor who did not hail from the provinces of Pannonia, Moesia or Illyricum until the year 378, when Theodosius I from Hispania would take the throne.

After the rebellion was crushed in AD 9, the province of Illyricum was dissolved, and its lands were divided between the new provinces of Pannonia in the north and Dalmatia in the south.

They marched north and plunder the defenseless Balkan provinces ( including Thrace, Scythia, Moesia, Dacia and Illyricum ).

After crushing a revolt of Pannonians and Daesitiates, Roman administrators dissolved the province of Illyricum and divided its lands between the new provinces of Pannonia in the north and Dalmatia in the south.

He received as his immediate command the provinces of Illyricum, Thrace and Pannonia.

Gratian acquiesced in their choice ; reserving for himself the administration of the Gallic provinces, he handed over Italy, Illyricum and Africa to Valentinian and his mother, who fixed their residence at Mediolanum.

Gratian, forced to accommodate the generals who supported his half-brother, governed the trans-alpine provinces ( including Gaul, Hispania, and Britain ), while Italy, part of Illyricum, and Africa were under the rule of Valentinian.

However, through his membership in the First Triumvirate — the political alliance which comprised Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Pompey, and himself — Caesar had secured the proconsulship of two provinces, Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum.

In 575 Tiberius began moving the armies of Thrace and Illyricum to the eastern provinces, and to give himself time to make the necessary preparations, he agreed to a three year truce with the Persians with the payment of 30, 000 nomismata, although the truce excluded action in the region around Armenia.

The area was the line of division between the provinces of Illyricum and Macedonia.

Philippus allowed him to visit Illyricum and the remote provinces, but forbade him to set foot again in the East.

It crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and European Turkey.

In 9 AD the Dalmatians raised the final of a series of revolts together with the Pannonians, but it was finally crushed, and in 10 AD, Illyricum was split into two provinces, Pannonia and Dalmatia which spread into larger area inland to cover all of the Dinaric Alps and most of the eastern Adriatic coast.

In 10 AD Illyricum was split into two provinces, Pannonia and Dalmatia.

Illyricum was subsequently split into the provinces of Pannonia and Dalmatia in year 10.