Roman Sicily
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Roman Sicily was the first province of the Roman Republic, serving as a crucial grain supplier and strategic hub in the central Mediterranean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roman Sicily canonical | 4 |
| Sicily (Roman province) | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman province
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| adminCenter | Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Ionian Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrrhenian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Lilybaeum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedAfter | First Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedInYear | 241 BC ⓘ |
| followedBy | Byzantine Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Roman Senate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
praetor ⓘ |
| importantCity |
Agrigentum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lilybaeum NERFINISHED ⓘ Messana NERFINISHED ⓘ Panormus NERFINISHED ⓘ Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Tauromenium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greek culture
ⓘ
Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedInto | Roman provincial system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
First Servile War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Servile War NERFINISHED ⓘ Servile Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large grain estates
ⓘ
latifundia ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalFramework | Lex Hieronica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sicily
ⓘ
central Mediterranean ⓘ |
| majorExport |
grain
ⓘ
olive oil ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Sicily under Carthaginian control
ⓘ
Sicily under Greek city-states ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicRole |
grain supplier to Rome
ⓘ
strategic naval base ⓘ |
| religion |
Greek polytheism
ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ |
| significanceToRome | first overseas province ⓘ |
| socialIssue |
large slave population
ⓘ
slave uprisings ⓘ |
| strategicFunction |
base for Roman operations against Carthage
ⓘ
control of sea routes between Italy and Africa ⓘ |
| taxSystem | tithe on grain (decuma) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 3rd century BC to late antiquity ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sicily (Roman province)