Province of Sicily
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The Province of Sicily was a Roman administrative region encompassing the island of Sicily, serving as Rome’s first overseas province and a key source of grain for the Republic and Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Province of Sicily canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman province
ⓘ
former administrative division ⓘ overseas territory of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Ionian Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicilian Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrrhenian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Lilybaeum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Messana NERFINISHED ⓘ Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dissolved |
around 7th century AD
ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ |
| economy |
grain production
ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ wine production ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
Greeks
ⓘ
Phoenicians and Punic settlers NERFINISHED ⓘ Romans and Italians ⓘ Sicels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstOverseasProvinceOf | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Byzantine Theme of Sicily
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom rule in Sicily ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Roman praetor
ⓘ
Roman propraetor ⓘ |
| hasNotableGovernor |
Cicero (as quaestor in Lilybaeum)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaius Verres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| history |
created from former Carthaginian possessions in Sicily
ⓘ
important theater in the Second Punic War ⓘ scene of conflicts in the Punic Wars ⓘ |
| inception |
241 BC
ⓘ
after First Punic War ⓘ |
| language |
Greek (widely spoken)
ⓘ
Latin (administrative) ⓘ Punic (in some communities) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman provincial law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
central Mediterranean region ⓘ island of Sicily ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman senatorial provinces (for much of its history) ⓘ |
| religion |
Greco-Roman polytheism
ⓘ
early Christianity (late Roman period) ⓘ |
| significantFor |
early development of Roman provincial administration
ⓘ
grain supply to Rome ⓘ strategic control of central Mediterranean ⓘ |
| tributaryRole | annona (grain tax) for Rome ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.