Roman province of Asia

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Roman province former administrative division

The Roman province of Asia was a wealthy and culturally significant region in western Anatolia, encompassing major ancient cities such as Ephesus, Pergamon, and Smyrna under Roman rule.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Roman province of Asia canonical	19
Asia (Roman province)	1
Asia Minor Roman provinces	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman province ⓘ former administrative division ⓘ
abolished	late Roman administrative reforms ⓘ
capital	Ephesus ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
createdBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ olive oil production ⓘ textile production ⓘ trade ⓘ wine production ⓘ
established	129 BC ⓘ
establishedAfter	death of Attalus III of Pergamon ⓘ
establishedByAct	testament of Attalus III ⓘ
formedFrom	Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ surface form: Attalid kingdom
governedBy	proconsul ⓘ
hasSevenChurchesOfAsia	Ephesus ⓘ Church of Laodicea ⓘ surface form: Laodicea on the Lycus Pergamon ⓘ Philadelphia (Lydia) ⓘ Sardis ⓘ Smyrna ⓘ Thyatira ⓘ
knownFor	cultural significance ⓘ intensive trade ⓘ literary production ⓘ philosophical schools ⓘ urbanization ⓘ wealth ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor ⓘ western Anatolia ⓘ
majorCity	Aphrodisias ⓘ Colossae ⓘ Ephesus ⓘ Hierapolis ⓘ Church of Laodicea ⓘ surface form: Laodicea on the Lycus Magnesia on the Maeander ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Pergamon ⓘ Philadelphia (Lydia) ⓘ Sardis ⓘ Smyrna ⓘ Thyatira ⓘ Tralles ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Book of Revelation ⓘ
notableSanctuary	Temple of Asclepius ⓘ surface form: Asklepieion of Pergamon Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ⓘ
partOf	Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ
primaryCulture	Hellenistic culture ⓘ
region	Caria ⓘ Ionia ⓘ Lydia ⓘ Mysia ⓘ parts of Phrygia ⓘ
religion	Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ
reorganizedInto	Diocese of Asia ⓘ
taxStatus	senatorial province ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

church in Smyrna → locatedIn → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

church in Thyatira → locatedIn → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Ephesus → partOf → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Seven Churches of Asia → locatedIn → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Pamphylia → partOf → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asia Minor Roman provinces

Caria → integratedInto → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Pergamon → becamePartOf → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Colophon → partOf → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

church in Sardis → regionInRomanEmpire → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Church in Sardis

city of Thyatira → locatedIn → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Thyatira

Thyatira → associatedWith → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asia (Roman province)

Galen → birthRegion → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Kingdom of Pergamon → followedBy → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

First Mithridatic War → involvedTerritory → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Church of Pergamum → locatedIn → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Agora of Smyrna → partOf → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Church of Laodicea → locatedIn → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Tychicus → originatesFrom → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Magnesia on the Maeander → partOf → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Attalus III → succeededByPoliticalEntity → Roman province of Asia ⓘ

Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus → borderedBy → Roman province of Asia ⓘ