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1344:Euphratensis
1291:Helenopontus
1271:Cappadocia I
1178:Hellespontus
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1077:Epirus Vetus
1044:Praevalitana
959:of Illyricum
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1130:Haemimontus
1108:of the East
1072:Epirus Nova
996:Pannonia II
729:Britannia I
590:Germania II
325:Justinianus
308:Justinian I
285:Haemimontus
186:Diocese of
107:Justinian I
1685:Categories
1527:reconquest
1417:Aegyptus I
1379:Phoenice I
1334:Cilicia II
1241:Armenia II
991:Pannonia I
663:Viennensis
585:Germania I
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1236:Armenia I
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696:Gallaecia
686:Balearica
575:Belgica I
293:Moesia II
1296:Honorias
1266:Bithynia
1039:Moesia I
1034:Dardania
976:Dalmatia
897:Byzacena
864:Raetia I
812:Sardinia
787:Campania
765:of Italy
488:dioceses
407:(1923).
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253:vicarius
225:Bulgaria
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141:Bulgaria
1493:Taurica
1427:Arcadia
1389:Syria I
1359:Osroene
1349:Isauria
1208:Pisidia
1183:Islands
1150:Thracia
1145:Scythia
1140:Rhodope
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681:Baetica
553:of Gaul
508:Ravenna
473:History
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323:praetor
289:Rhodope
281:Thracia
221:Romania
209:diocese
177:Romania
68:Capital
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1545:in 536
1339:Cyprus
1324:Arabia
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