Africa Proconsularis

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Roman province former administrative territorial entity

Africa Proconsularis was a wealthy Roman province in North Africa, centered on modern-day Tunisia and parts of Libya, known for its prosperous cities, agriculture, and strategic importance to the Roman Empire.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Africa Proconsularis canonical	33
Roman province of Africa Proconsularis	7
Roman province of Africa	4
Roman Africa	3
Roman North Africa	2
Africa (possibly as proconsul)	1
Africa Proconsularis (Roman province)	1
Africa Proconsularis region	1
Proconsular Africa	1
Roman Africa Proconsularis (historical)	1
Roman province of Africa (historical context)	1
ancient Roman province of Africa Proconsularis	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman province ⓘ former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
abolishedBy	Byzantine administrative reforms ⓘ
borderedBy	Mare Internum ⓘ Numidia ⓘ
capital	Carthage ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
correspondsToModernTerritory	Tunisia ⓘ parts of Algeria ⓘ parts of Libya ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Berber culture ⓘ Punic heritage ⓘ Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Roman culture
economy	agriculture-based economy ⓘ
establishedAfter	Third Punic War ⓘ destruction of Carthage ⓘ
establishedBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
establishedInCentury	2nd century BC ⓘ
governedBy	proconsul ⓘ
hadInfrastructure	Roman roads ⓘ amphitheatres ⓘ aqueducts ⓘ
hasPart	Byzacena ⓘ Tripolitania ⓘ Zeugitana ⓘ
knownFor	grain production ⓘ olive oil production ⓘ strategic importance for Rome ⓘ wealthy cities ⓘ
languageUsed	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Punic ⓘ
locatedIn	North Africa ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
majorCity	Carthage ⓘ Hadrumetum ⓘ Hippo Regius ⓘ Thysdrus ⓘ Utica ⓘ
notableResident	Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Cyprian of Carthage ⓘ Tertullian ⓘ
partOf	Diocese of Africa ⓘ
producedFor	annona of Rome ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Roman paganism ⓘ local Berber religions ⓘ
reorganizedInCentury	3rd century AD ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

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

Leptis Magna → ancientProvince → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Berbers → associatedWith → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman North Africa

Sermo Vulgaris → usedInRegion → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

El Jem Amphitheatre → partOf → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Africa

St. Augustine → birthPlace → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman North Africa

Dougga / Thugga → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

subject surface form: Dougga

Council of Carthage (418) → locatedIn → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Africa

Sabratha → partOf → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Tertullian → birthPlace → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Africa

Severan basilica → locatedIn → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa Proconsularis

Vandals → enteredRegion → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa

Numidia → borders → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Genseric → conquered → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa Proconsularis

Septimius Severus → birthPlace → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Vandalic War in North Africa → theatre → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

El Jem → partOf → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa (historical context)

Temple of Saturn → region → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Saturn (Dougga)

Thysdrus → locatedIn → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Thysdrus → partOf → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa

Temple of Juno Caelestis → locatedIn → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Temple of Juno Caelestis → provinceInRomanPeriod → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Temple of Mercury → belongsTo → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Mercury (Dougga)

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa Proconsularis

Hippo Regius → provinceDuringRomanPeriod → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Thagaste → province → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Thugga → partOf → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Council of Hippo (393) → hasLocation → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa

Roman North Africa → includesProvince → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

ancient ruins of Hippo Regius → partOf → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Roman province of Africa Proconsularis

Classis Africana → associatedWithRegion → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Dio Cassius → governedProvince → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa (possibly as proconsul)

House of Constantine → territoryIncludes → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Byzacena → locatedIn → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa Proconsularis region

Byzacena → subdivisionOf → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Zeugitana → partOf → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Hadrumetum → locatedIn → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Diocese of Africa → appliesToJurisdiction → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa Proconsularis (Roman province)

Diocese of Africa → hasPart → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Diocese of Africa → namedAfter → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa

cardo maximus of Leptis Magna → locatedIn → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa Proconsularis

Huneric → regionRuled → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proconsular Africa

Romanized North Africans → inhabitedRegion → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Mauretania Caesariensis → borders → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE) → hasLocation → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Battle of Ad Decimum → location → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Battle of Tricamarum → historicalRegion → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Lucius Vitellius the Elder → workLocation → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

Carthage Amphitheatre → region → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa Proconsularis

UNESCO World Heritage Site (amphitheatre) → locatedInFormerTerritorialEntity → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ

subject surface form: Amphitheatre of El Jem

this entity surface form: Roman province of Africa Proconsularis

Year of the Six Emperors → location → Africa Proconsularis ⓘ