Exarchate of Africa

The Exarchate of Africa or of Carthage, after its capital, was the name of an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire encompassing its possessions on the Western Mediterranean, ruled by an exarch (viceroy). It was created by emperor Maurice in the late 580s and survived until the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the late 7th century.

Exarchate of Africa

The Exarchate of Africa or of Carthage, after its capital, was the name of an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire encompassing its possessions on the Western Mediterranean, ruled by an exarch (viceroy). It was created by emperor Maurice in the late 580s and survived until the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the late 7th century.