Aquitania
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Aquitania was an ancient Roman province in southwestern Gaul, roughly corresponding to modern-day southwestern France and parts of the Pyrenees region.
Observed surface forms (3)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman province
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | civitates ⓘ |
| administrativeLevel | Roman province ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Gallia Narbonensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hispania Tarraconensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Lugdunensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Burdigala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdUnder | Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creationCentury | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
trade ⓘ viticulture ⓘ |
| governedBy | Roman governor ⓘ |
| importantCity |
Burdigala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Limonum NERFINISHED ⓘ Vesunna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFromSource |
Julius Caesar’s Commentarii de Bello Gallico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| laterDivision |
Aquitania Prima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aquitania Secunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Novempopulania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterReligion | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Roman Gaul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwestern Gaul ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Adour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dordogne NERFINISHED ⓘ Garonne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernCountryTerritory | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernName |
Bordeaux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poitiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Périgueux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Aquitani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| preRomanPeoples |
Aquitani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gauls NERFINISHED ⓘ Vascones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman paganism ⓘ |
| romanRoadNetwork |
connected to Lugdunum
ⓘ
connected to Narbo Martius ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo |
parts of the Pyrenees region
ⓘ
southwestern France ⓘ |
| successorRegion | Medieval Duchy of Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Imperial era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.