Roman province of Sicilia

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Roman province province of the Roman Republic

The Roman province of Sicilia was an early and strategically vital province of the Roman Republic and Empire, encompassing the island of Sicily and serving as a key grain supplier and naval base in the central Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Roman province of Sicilia canonical 2
Sicilia (Roman province) 1
Sicily (Roman province) 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province ⓘ
province of the Roman Republic ⓘ
abolished late 3rd century AD ⓘ
borderedBy Roman province of Africa Proconsularis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman province of Italia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman province of Sardinia et Corsica NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Lilybaeum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Messana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredFrom Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
createdAfter First Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency Roman denarius ⓘ
local bronze coinage ⓘ
economicRole key grain supplier to Rome ⓘ
naval base in the central Mediterranean ⓘ
producer of olive oil ⓘ
producer of wine ⓘ
established 241 BC ⓘ
firstGovernor Gaius Lutatius Catulus NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy praetor ⓘ
proconsul ⓘ
propraetor ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalSource Lex Rupilia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Sicily ⓘ
central Mediterranean ⓘ
majorCity Agrigentum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Catana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halaesa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lilybaeum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Messana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panormus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Segesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tauromenium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyndaris NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Cicero's Verrine Orations NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryEvent First Servile War in Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Servile War in Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableGovernor Cicero (as quaestor in western Sicily) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gaius Verres NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Roman Mediterranean provinces system ⓘ
preRomanInhabitants Elymians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek colonists ⓘ
Sicanians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sicels NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Greek polytheism ⓘ
Roman polytheism ⓘ
reorganizedAs Sicily (Late Roman diocese) NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance base for Roman fleets in Punic Wars ⓘ
control of sea routes between Italy and Africa ⓘ
taxSystem tithe (decuma) on grain ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Lilybaeum → partOf → Roman province of Sicilia ⓘ
Catania archaeological area → associatedWith → Roman province of Sicilia ⓘ
Thermae Himerenses → region → Roman province of Sicilia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sicilia (Roman province)
Panormos → countryInAntiquity → Roman province of Sicilia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sicily (Roman province)