Africa Vetus
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Africa Vetus was the Roman Republic’s original African province centered on Carthage, later distinguished from the adjacent territory known as Africa Nova.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman province
ⓘ
former administrative division ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Africa Nova
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Africa Nova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
grain production ⓘ olive oil production ⓘ |
| endTime | 27 BC ⓘ |
| establishedAfter |
Third Punic War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
destruction of Carthage ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Roman Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scipio Aemilianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Africa Proconsularis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Africa Proconsularis province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Roman governor
ⓘ
proconsul ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Tunisia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedCity |
Carthage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Utica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fertile agricultural land
ⓘ
strategic Mediterranean position ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| latinName | Africa Vetus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Africa ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Africa Proconsularis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Old Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman imperial system (later reorganized) ⓘ |
| precededBy | Carthaginian territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman religion ⓘ |
| romanProvinceType | senatorial province ⓘ |
| startTime | 146 BC ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsTerm | to distinguish it from Africa Nova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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