Praetorian prefecture of Africa

Praetorian Prefecture of Africa Praefectura Praetorio Africae
Praet. Prefecture of the Byzantine Empire
534–591
The province of Africa after the Fall of the Vandalic Kingdom
Capital	Carthage
Historical era	Late Antiquity
• Conquest of Vandal Kingdom	534
• Moorish revolt defeated	548
• Reorganization into the Exarchate	591
Political subdivisions	Zeugitana Byzacena Numidia Mauretania Sitifensis Mauretania Caesariensis Mauretania Tingitana Sardinia Tripolitania
Preceded by Succeeded by Vandal Kingdom Exarchate of Africa

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The Praetorian Prefecture of Africa (Latin: praefectura praetorio Africae) was an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire in the Maghreb. With its seat at Carthage, it was established after the reconquest of northwestern Africa from the Vandals in 533–534 by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. It continued to exist until 591, when it was replaced by the Exarchate of Africa.