province of Macedonia

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The province of Macedonia was a Roman administrative region in the Balkans that played a key role in Rome’s expansion into southeastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
administrative division
borderedBy Aegean Sea
Epirus
surface form: province of Epirus

Roman province of Moesia
surface form: province of Moesia

province of Thracia
capital Salonika
surface form: Thessalonica

Salonika
surface form: Thessaloniki
currencyUsed Roman denarius
economicActivity agriculture
mining
trade
establishedAfter Macedonian Wars
surface form: Third Macedonian War

defeat of Perseus of Macedon
establishedBy Roman Republic
establishedInCentury 2nd century BC
establishedInYearApprox 148 BC
followed Macedon
surface form: Kingdom of Macedonia
governedBy Roman praetor
Roman proconsul
includedCity Amphipolis
Dyrrhachium
surface form: Dyrrachium

Pella, Greece
surface form: Pella

Philippi
Salonika
surface form: Thessalonica
includedRegion Macedonia region
surface form: Macedonia proper

parts of Epirus
parts of Thessaly
parts of Thrace
incorporatedInto Diocese of Macedonia
Diocese of Moesia
languageUsed Greek
Latin
laterReligionPresent Christianity
locatedIn Balkans
Balkans
surface form: southeastern Europe
namedAfter Macedonia region
surface form: Macedonia
partOf Roman Empire
Roman Republic
playedRoleIn Roman expansion into southeastern Europe
religionPracticed Greco-Roman paganism
reorganizedDuring Diocletian's Tetrarchy
surface form: Diocletianic reforms
strategicImportance control of Aegean coastal routes
control of land routes between Italy and Asia Minor
successorEntity Macedonia region
surface form: Macedonia Prima

Macedonia Secunda
timePeriod Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman Imperial era

Roman Republican era
traversedBy Via Egnatia

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Gaius Octavius governed province of Macedonia
Macedon successorEntity province of Macedonia
this entity surface form: Roman province of Macedonia
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids replacedBy province of Macedonia
this entity surface form: Roman province of Macedonia
Lychnidus partOf province of Macedonia
this entity surface form: Province of Macedonia