An imperial province was a Roman province during the Principate where the Roman Emperor had the sole right to appoint the governor (legatus Augusti). These provinces were often the strategically located border provinces.
The provinces were grouped into imperial and senatorial provinces shortly after the accession of Augustus.
The following provinces were imperial provinces:
- Aegyptus
- Alpes Cottiae
- Alpes Maritimae
- Alpes Poenninae
- Armenia
- Assyria
- Britannia
- Cilicia
- Dacia
- Dalmatia
- Galatia
- Gallia Aquitania
- Gallia Belgica
- Gallia Lugdunensis
- Germania Inferior
- Germania Superior
- Hispania Tarraconensis
- Judaea
- Lusitania
- Moesia
- Noricum
- Pannonia
- Raetia
- Corsica et Sardinia
- Syria
- Thracia
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