Roman province of Cilicia

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Roman province former administrative territorial entity

The Roman province of Cilicia was a southeastern Anatolian coastal region of the Roman Empire, centered around Tarsus, that served as a key strategic and commercial crossroads between Asia Minor, Syria, and the eastern Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Roman province of Cilicia canonical	4
Cilicia (Roman province)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman province ⓘ former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Tarsus NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Roman province of Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Pamphylia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Tarsus NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Cilician plain NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Tarsus NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ maritime commerce ⓘ trade ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Cilicians NERFINISHED ⓘ Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrians NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Cilicia Pedias NERFINISHED ⓘ Cilicia Trachea NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	important commercial routes in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ mountain passes of the Taurus range ⓘ strategic crossroads between Asia Minor and Syria ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor ⓘ southeastern Anatolia ⓘ
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
majorCity	Anazarbus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mopsuestia NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucia ad Calycadnum NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarsus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePersonAssociated	Paul the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Diocese of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ Praetorian prefecture of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Hellenistic kingdoms in Cilicia ⓘ Kingdom of Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of routes between Syria and central Anatolia ⓘ naval control of eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
successor	Byzantine themes in Cilicia ⓘ
terrain	coastal plains ⓘ rugged mountains ⓘ
traversedBy	Cilician Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Roman Syria → borderedBy → Roman province of Cilicia ⓘ

Mopsuestia → locatedInRegion → Roman province of Cilicia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cilicia (Roman province)

Tarsos → partOf → Roman province of Cilicia ⓘ

Cilicia Trachea → partOf → Roman province of Cilicia ⓘ

Roman province of Cappadocia → borders → Roman province of Cilicia ⓘ