Macedonia (Roman province)

Macedonia (in Latin ) was a province of the Roman Empire.

History

The kingdom of Macedonia had dwindled more and more as a result of three Macedonian - Roman wars. 168 BC Rome forced the end of the Macedonian kingdom and the division of the country into four separate areas ( Amphipolis, Thessalonica, Pella and Heraclea Lynkestis ). Maintained they were to be elected annually by officials who had any contact with one another prohibited.

The uprising of the Andriskos who claimed to be the son of Perseus, the defeated by the Romans and captured Macedon king, the Romans brought to an end the Macedonian independence. 146 BC, the Macedonian territories were annexed by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus along with Epirus and parts of Illyria as a province Macedonia in the Roman Empire, which had now risen in the eastern Mediterranean the leading power. The first proconsul of the province was Gnaeus Egnatius. After the destruction of Corinth in 146 BC Greece was entirely the province.

The province of Macedonia was divided in 27 BC, the Peloponnese, Attica and parts of Epirus comprehensive senatorial province of Achaea, with its capital Corinth was separated.

With the reform of the Empire of Diocletian the Dioecesis Macedoniae, which included, among other things, the newly formed provinces of Macedonia Prima and Macedonia Salutaris arose.

In the division of the kingdom in 395 Macedonia, Thrace, Achaea and Epirus fell to the East Roman Empire, which was dominated culturally and linguistically Greek.