ἐπαρχία

A. the government of an ἔπαρχος, or the district governed by him, = Lat. provincia, Plb. 2.19.2, SIG 888.45 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.), Str. 3.4.20, 17.3.25 (pl.), D.S. 37.10, 38.8, al., Act.Ap. 23.34, Plu. Caes. 4; of Carthage, empire, Phleg. Mir. 18.

II. military 'command', force occupying a district, Ph. Bel. 96.49 (pl.).