LW-05 Carthaginiensis

Carthaginiensis joined Mediterranean ports with inland plateaus and routes. Its creation placed civil administration closer to territories previously governed within the enormous northern-eastern province. Carthago Nova’s harbour and long urban history made it a suitable administrative focus, although the jurisdiction extended far beyond its immediate coast.

Agriculture, estates, crafts, regional markets, and communications sustained a varied provincial society. Bishoprics developed across its cities. Fifth-century political change and the later frontier between Visigothic and Eastern Roman power affected different districts unevenly. The Eastern Roman occupation of Carthago Nova did not place the whole former province under Constantinople. Carthaginiensis’s later history must therefore distinguish the port from its much larger administrative inheritance.