Zeugitana

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Zeugitana was an ancient region in northern Tunisia centered around Carthage, known as a key coastal and urbanized area of Roman North Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Zeugitana canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
ancient region
administrativeCenter Carthage
associatedWith Carthaginian Wars legacy
borderedBy Byzacena
Numidia
capital Carthage
coastalRegion true
culturalInfluence Berbers
surface form: Berber

Punic
Romanitas
surface form: Roman
economicRole grain supplier to Rome
olive oil exporter
followedBy Exarchate of Africa
surface form: Byzantine Exarchate of Africa

early Islamic provinces in Ifriqiya
hasCoastOn Mediterranean Sea
historicalEra Classical antiquity
Roman Empire
knownFor dense urban network
fertile agricultural land
grain production
maritime trade
olive cultivation
languageInRomanPeriod Latin
Punic (Carthaginian) people
surface form: Punic
locatedIn northern Tunisia
locatedInPresentDay Tunisia
majorCity Bulla Regia
Carthage
Hippo Diarrhytus
Thuburbo Maius
Utica
partOf Africa Proconsularis
North Africa
Roman North Africa
surface form: Roman Africa
precededBy Carthaginian territory
presentDayCorrespondsTo northern coastal Tunisia around Tunis and Bizerte
regionType agricultural hinterland of Carthage
coastal plain
religionInPreRomanPeriod Punic religion
religionInRomanPeriod Christianity
Roman paganism
underRomanRuleFrom 2nd century BCE
underRomanRuleUntil late antiquity
urbanizedRegion true

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Referenced by (3)

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

Africa Proconsularis hasPart Zeugitana
Utica historicalRegion Zeugitana
Byzacena borderedBy Zeugitana