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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roman province of Macedonia | 2 |
| Province of Macedonia | 1 |
| province of Macedonia canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roman province of Macedonia
this entity surface form:
Roman province of Macedonia