Vicariate of Tengaria
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| Vicariate of Tengaria Vicaratus Tengariae | ||||||
| Vassal of the Empire of Arciluco | ||||||
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| Capital | Lenovo | |||||
| Vicarius et Comes | ||||||
| • | 495-504 | Theocritus | ||||
| • | 1370-1385 | Vasil the Great | ||||
| History | ||||||
| • | Established | 495 | ||||
| • | Iconoclast Crisis | 1372-1385 | ||||
| • | Empire Proclaimed | 1385 | ||||
| Today part of | Tengaria Bistravia | |||||
The Vicariate of Tengaria (Solarian: Vicaratus Tengariae), also known as the Diocese of Tengaria (Solarian: Diocesis Tengariae), was a division of the Empire of Arciluco lasting from 495 to the proclamation of the Empire of Tengaria in 1385. After the Tengar tribes migrated to modern day Tengaria in the early fifth century, the Arcilucan Emperors were able to defeat the conquer most the region in several campaigns from 480 to 495, with the Tengars becoming foederati of Arciluco. The Emperors created three dioceses from the newly annexed territory, with the Diocese of Tengaria being the westernmost one centred around the Len River valley, alongside the Diocese of Istros and the Diocese of XXXX. As a border province of the Empire, the Diocese was an important military outpost, which saw the development of the region, especially around the colony of Urbis Lenis, which would later become to be known as Lenovo. It would eventually eclipse and subordinate the other two Tengarian-speaking dioceses under its effective control, and its leader, known as the Vicarius et Comes Militum, would be one of the most important military offices in the Empire. After the conquest of Visoclesia in the 10th century, the office would become hereditary.
As the Empire began to fell into decline in the 12th century, the Vicariate grew to have an effective deal of political autonomy from Arciluco, but still retained close ties with Imperial affairs. The province, although sharing many aspects of Solarian culture taken from the Amathians, continued to use a different language, in part because Tengarian was used as the liturgical language of the Patriarchate of Istros. In the late 14th century, the Iconclast Crisis caused the final collapse of the Empire of Arciluco to Iconoclast forces, who established the Realm of Thorns. The Vicarius et Comes Vasil the Great, who opposed iconoclasm, was proclaimed as Emperor, which would mark the effective end of the Vicariate and the beginning of the Empire of Tengaria.