Creta et Cyrenaica
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Creta et Cyrenaica was a joint Roman provincial administration combining the island of Crete with the North African region of Cyrenaica, serving as an important eastern Mediterranean province of the Roman and later Eastern Roman Empire.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crete and Cyrenaica region | 1 |
| Roman Cyrenaica | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman province
ⓘ
provincial administration ⓘ |
| administrativeType | senatorial province ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libyan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Cyrene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gortyna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| contains |
Crete
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dissolvedUnder | Emperor Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
olive oil production ⓘ trade ⓘ wine production ⓘ |
| endTime | circa AD 297 ⓘ |
| establishedAfter |
Roman conquest of Crete
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
annexation of Cyrenaica ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
province of Crete
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
province of Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | proconsul ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Cnossus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyrene NERFINISHED ⓘ Gortyna NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
island of Crete
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
region of Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedInto | Diocletianic provincial system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mediterranean Sea region
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Crete
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Ptolemaic rule in Cyrenaica
ⓘ
independent Cretan poleis ⓘ |
| religion |
Greco-Roman paganism
ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ |
| startTime | 67 BC ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of sea routes between Greece and Egypt
ⓘ
frontier region of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st century AD
ⓘ
1st century BC ⓘ 2nd century AD ⓘ 3rd century AD ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crete and Cyrenaica region
this entity surface form:
Roman Cyrenaica