Maxima Caesariensis

The maxima Caesariensis was a province of the Roman Empire in Britain today and had their capital at Londinium, now London. In the course of administrative reform under the Emperor Diocletian emerged at the beginning of the 4th century AD, the province comprised the present-day south-east England.

In the year 296 the adopted son and Caesar of the Western Roman Emperor Maximian, Constantius Chlorus, the province of Britannia Superior and thus all Britain had recovered by a victory over the usurper Allectus. During his subsequent stay in Londinium, then the largest Roman city in Britain, he led personally probably the reorganization of the provinces in its sphere of influence as a Tetrarch.

Some British historians such as Eric Birley is believed that Britannia superior, which existed since the division of the province of Britannia ( Britain) at the time of Emperor Septimius Severus, was initially divided into the provinces of Britannia and Britannia prima Caesariensis. The province with the capital Londinium so personally received their honorable epithet as compensation for the division of Caesar. For the existence of a Britannia Caesariensis however, there are no written documents. At the beginning of the 4th century AD, is already two " Caesar " provinces of the speech, from Flavia and Maxima Caesariensis Caesariensis. It could the epithet " Caesariensis " have been maintained for two resulting from the division of Britannia Caesariensis provinces. Even the origin of the naming of these two provinces as "Maxima Caesariensis " and " Flavia Caesariensis " is unclear. However, it is considered likely that they were after the emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Maximian, and Constantius Chlorus by himself, who actually Flavius ​​Valerius Constantius was named. So then revealed along with Britannia prima and the northern Britannia secunda the well-known division of Britain into four provinces, which, however, was later increased by disentanglement of the province of Valentia from the province of Britannia secunda to five.

  • Roman province ( Europe)
  • Britain ( Roman Empire )
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