Byzacium
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Byzacium is the Latin name for Byzacena, a fertile and strategically important Roman province in North Africa corresponding roughly to central and eastern modern Tunisia.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman province
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| administrativeLevel | provincial ⓘ |
| borders |
Numidia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zeugitana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
central Tunisia
ⓘ
eastern Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faces | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Byzacena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSites |
El Djem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sbeitla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Hadrumetum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fertile
ⓘ
strategically important ⓘ |
| hasClimate | Mediterranean ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalImportance | yes ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
grain export
ⓘ
olive oil export ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Byzacium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Acholla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Capsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Gafsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadrumetum NERFINISHED ⓘ Leptis Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sufetula NERFINISHED ⓘ Thaenae NERFINISHED ⓘ Thelepte NERFINISHED ⓘ Thysdrus NERFINISHED ⓘ Usula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRomanRoadNetwork | yes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agricultural wealth
ⓘ
grain production ⓘ olive cultivation ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterBecame | Byzacena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterRuledBy |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Africa ⓘ |
| modernCountryTerritory | Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Africa Proconsularis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionPresent |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donatism NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman paganism ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Antiquity
ⓘ
Roman Imperial period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underRuleOf | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.