Picenum

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ancient region historical region of Italy

Picenum was an ancient region on the Adriatic coast of central Italy, inhabited by the Picentes people and later incorporated into the Roman Republic.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Regio IV Samnium 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region of Italy ⓘ
archaeologicalFinds bronze ornaments ⓘ
decorated weapons ⓘ
rich warrior burials ⓘ
borders Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Ager Gallicus ⓘ
Sabina ⓘ
Umbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman Republic ⓘ
conquestDateApprox 3rd century BC ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Italic peoples ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
ethnonymDerivedFrom Picentes ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalCulture Picene culture ⓘ
hasCapital Asculum ⓘ
hasCoastline Adriatic Sea ⓘ
incorporatedInto Roman Republic ⓘ
inhabitedBy Picentes ⓘ
knownFor olive cultivation ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
production of wine ⓘ
languageSpoken Picene language ⓘ
laterAdministrativeStatus Roman province of Picenum et Sabina ⓘ
locatedIn ancient Italy ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ
locatedOn Adriatic coast ⓘ
majorSettlement Ancona ⓘ
Asculum ⓘ
Firmum Picenum ⓘ
mentionedBy Livy ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernCountry Italy ⓘ
modernEquivalentRegion Marche region ⓘ
surface form: Marche

parts of Abruzzo ⓘ
partOf Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
preRomanPoliticalStructure tribal communities ⓘ
religionInAntiquity Italic polytheism ⓘ
romanIntegrationProcess colonization ⓘ
municipalization ⓘ
romanRoad Via Flaminia ⓘ
Via Salaria ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form: Roman Republican period

Referenced by (13)

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

Pompey the Great → birthPlace → Picenum ⓘ
Samnium → borders → Picenum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regio IV Samnium
North Picene → region → Picenum ⓘ
North Picene alphabet → region → Picenum ⓘ
South Picene people → region → Picenum ⓘ
Sabellian → spokenIn → Picenum ⓘ
South Picene → spokenInPastIn → Picenum ⓘ