Roman province

C5440
concept

A Roman province is an administrative territory outside the Italian peninsula governed by Rome, overseen by appointed officials, and used for taxation, resource extraction, and military control within the Roman Empire.

All labels observed (32)

Label Occurrences
Roman province canonical 130
late Roman province 19
Roman administrative division 8

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Roman province
Generated description
A Roman province is an administrative territory outside the Italian peninsula governed by Rome, overseen by appointed officials, and used for taxation, resource extraction, and military control within the Roman Empire.

Instances (177)

Instance Via concept surface
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus
Roman province of Picenum et Sabina
Hispania Ulterior
Britannia (Roman province)
Moesia ancient Roman province
Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire Roman provincial group
Roman province of Cappadocia
Lusitania ancient Roman province
Britannia
Africa Proconsularis
Roman Sardinia
Roman province of Dalmatia
Roman province of Pannonia
Numidia former Roman province
Roman province of Achaea
Provincia
Roman province of Lazicum
Diocese of Pontus Roman administrative division
Pannonia
Narbonensis Secunda
Noricum
Roman province of Cilicia
Raetia province of the Roman Empire
Diocese of Egypt administrative division of the Roman Empire
Roman province of Thrace
Roman Sicily
Roman province of Judea
Roman province of Egypt
Crete and Cyrenaica (joint province including Greek areas)
surface form: Crete and Cyrenaica
Diocese of Moesia Roman administrative division
Roman province of Moesia
surface form: Moesia
Roman province of Gallia
Maxima Sequanorum late Roman province
Novempopulania
Aquitania I late Roman imperial province
Aquitania III (Novempopulania)
Aquitania II late Roman imperial province
Roman province of Dardania
Asia province
surface form: Asia (Roman province)
Aquitania ancient Roman province
Belgica Secunda
Roman province of Alpes Maritimae
surface form: Alpes Maritimae
Byzantine province of Syria Secunda late Roman province
Lugdunensis Prima late Roman province
Phrygia Pacatiana
Lugdunensis Secunda
Lugdunensis Tertia late Roman province
Palaestina Secunda late Roman province
Palaestina Tertia late Roman province
Bithynia