Cyprus (Hellenistic and Roman periods)

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Hellenistic territory Roman province historical region island

Cyprus (Hellenistic and Roman periods) was a strategically important eastern Mediterranean island province that flourished under Hellenistic kingdoms and later Roman rule as a center of trade, culture, and administration.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Roman Cyprus	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic territory ⓘ Roman province ⓘ historical region ⓘ island ⓘ
administrativeStatus	senatorial province ⓘ
annexationDate	58 BC ⓘ
annexedBy	Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Paphos NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy	Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
contestedBy	Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Greek ⓘ Near Eastern ⓘ Roman NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicRole	center of Mediterranean trade ⓘ
governedBy	Roman proconsul ⓘ
importantSanctuary	Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Paphos NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedInto	Roman provincial system ⓘ
knownFor	copper production ⓘ grain production ⓘ olive oil production ⓘ timber exports ⓘ wine production ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
majorCity	Amathus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kition NERFINISHED ⓘ Kourion NERFINISHED ⓘ Paphos NERFINISHED ⓘ Salamis NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorPort	Paphos NERFINISHED ⓘ Salamis NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole	naval base in eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf	Hellenistic world NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Greek ⓘ
religion	Greek polytheism ⓘ Roman state cults ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ
religiousCenterFor	cult of Aphrodite NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicFor	Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
underRuleOf	Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	Latin ⓘ
visitedBy	Apostle Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Barnabas NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Diaspora Revolt → historicalRegion → Cyprus (Hellenistic and Roman periods) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Cyprus

Paphos → wasCapitalOf → Cyprus (Hellenistic and Roman periods) ⓘ