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Orient is a term meaning "the east". It is from the Latin word oriens. Ancient Rome sometimes used it to mean the area east of Rome. Later the dividing line moved farther east, to the Adriatic or the Aegean or the Indus River. This term is in contrast to the "Occident", which is a term meaning "the west".

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  • 1800 Wilkinson Map of the 4 Eastern Churches rectified

    Ancient Orient of the Roman Empire and its ecclesiastical order after the Council of Chalcedon, 451

  • Roman Empire with dioceses in 300 AD

    Administrative Dioceses of the Roman Empire, c. 300, including the original Diocese of the Orient

  • Dioecesis Orientis 400 AD

    Late Roman Diocese of the Orient, c. 400

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Oriente para niños

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