Roman province of Picenum

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The Roman province of Picenum was an administrative region on Italy’s Adriatic coast, known for its strategic location, agricultural productivity, and early integration into the Roman state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
administrative region
administrativeLanguage Latin
agriculturalProduct cereals
high-quality wine
olive oil
archaeologicalEvidence inscriptions in Latin
remains of Roman roads and farms
borderedBy Ager Gallicus NERFINISHED
Apennine Mountains NERFINISHED
Sabina NERFINISHED
Umbria NERFINISHED
capital Asculum Picenum NERFINISHED
culturalInfluence Romanization of Picene population
ethnicGroup Picentes NERFINISHED
exportedTo Adriatic coastal markets
other regions of Italy
governedBy Roman magistrates
grantedRomanCitizenshipTo local communities
hasCoastlineOn Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED
incorporatedAfter Picentine War NERFINISHED
integratedIntoRomeBy Roman Republic NERFINISHED
knownFor agricultural productivity
early integration into the Roman state
strategic location
laterBecamePartOf Regio V Picenum NERFINISHED
locatedIn Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED
central Italy
locatedOn Adriatic coast NERFINISHED
mainEconomicActivity grain production
livestock raising
olive cultivation
wine production
majorCity Ancona NERFINISHED
Asculum Picenum NERFINISHED
Auximum NERFINISHED
Firmum Picenum NERFINISHED
militaryFunction recruitment area for Roman legions
namedAfter Picentes NERFINISHED
partOf Roman Italy NERFINISHED
precededBy Picenum (pre-Roman region) NERFINISHED
religion Roman polytheism
roadNetwork connected to Via Flaminia NERFINISHED
connected to Via Salaria
romanConquestCompletedBy 3rd century BCE
strategicRole control of Adriatic routes
link between northern and southern Italy
timePeriod Roman Imperial era NERFINISHED
Roman Republican era NERFINISHED

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Roman province of Samnium borderedBy Roman province of Picenum