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| | Byzantines.net - Byzantine Catholics |
 | | One portion of this great Empire, the Occidental or western, embraced countries west of Italy, namely, the western shores of the Mediterranean, Italy, Gaul, Spain and the northern shores of Africa. |
 | | To these must be added the northern "Barbaricum" or the Germanic territories, along with Pannonia, Dacia, lllyria and Moesia. |
 | | Though geographically these latter provinces were not situated in the West, they were well Romanized and Rome considered them part of the Western Empire. |
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