Maxima Caesariensis

• After 293 CE, Maxima Caesariensis was one of four Provinces in the Diocese of Britannia which included London. It lasted until 408 CE.
• The Province was created when the existing two Provinces of Britannia Inferior and Britannia Superior were further subdivided during the Tetrarchy of Diocletian (285-305 CE).

The Four Provinces of Britannia (293-408 CE)

• Britannia Inferior was divided into two:
  1. Flavia Caesariensis:
     • Capital at Lindum Lincoln
  2. Britannia Secunda:
     • Capital at Eburacum York
• Britannia Superior was divided into two:
  1. Britannia Prima:
     • Capital at Corinium Dobunnorum Cirencester (uncertain). Largest of the four, it included Wales and the West country.
  2. Maxima Caesariensis:
     • Proconsul Capital at London Londinium
• There may have been a fifth Province of Britannia called Valentia

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