Roman Province List by date of acquisition

Propraetorial Provinces

Imperial Propraetorial Provinces

  • 18 CE: Cappadocia (Imperial 18 BCE) (Later became Proconsular)
  • 43 CE: Lycia et Pamphylia (Imperial 43 CE)
  • 105 CE: Arabia Petraea (Imperial 105 CE)
  • 107 CE: Pannonia Inferior (Imperial 107 CE)
  • 183 CE: Numidia (Imperial 193 CE)
  • 193 CE: Syria Phoenicia (Imperial 193 CE)
  • 197 CE: Britannia Inferior (Imperial 197 CE or 212 CE)

Imperial Provinces

  • 18 CE: Cappadocia (Imperial)
  • 43 CE: Britannia (Imperial)
  • 20-50 CE: Illyricum Superior (Imperial)
  • 20-50 CE: Illyricum Inferior (Imperial)
  • 84 CE: Germania Superior (Imperial)
  • 84 CE: Germania Inferior (Imperial)
  • 85 CE: Moesia Superior (Imperial)
  • 85 CE: Moesia Inferior (Imperial)
  • 107 CE: Dacia Superior (Imperial)
  • 107 CE: Pannonia Superior (Imperial)
  • 135 CE: Syria Palaestina
    • this was Judaea since 6 CE, but was renamed by Hadrian and upgraded to Proconsular Province.
  • 193 CE: Syria Coele (Imperial)
  • 197-212 CE: Britannia Superior (Imperial)

All Procuratorial Provinces were Imperial Provinces

Briefly occupied Provinces

Province acquired by Augustus but lost:

  • 12 BCE-9 CE: Germania (Retaken by the German Tribes in 9 CE)

Attempted acquisition but lost and never taken by Domitian nor by Septimius Severus:

Provinces acquired by Trajan but abandoned by Hadrian:

Diocletian’s Praetorian Prefectures (293 CE)

 

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