Roman Mauretania

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Roman province former administrative territorial entity

Roman Mauretania was a North African province of the Roman Empire, encompassing parts of present-day Algeria and Morocco and serving as an important frontier and coastal region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mauretania (Roman province) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType imperial province ⓘ
annexationEvent Execution of King Ptolemy of Mauretania ⓘ
approximateAnnexationYear 40 CE ⓘ
becameProvinceUnder Emperor Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Roman Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Caesarea Mauretaniae NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinage Roman provincial coinage ⓘ
culturalInfluence Romanization of local elites ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
grain production ⓘ
olive oil production ⓘ
purple dye trade ⓘ
followed Kingdom of Mauretania NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Roman governor ⓘ
hasPart Mauretania Caesariensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mauretania Tingitana NERFINISHED ⓘ
infrastructure Roman roads ⓘ
ports ⓘ
inhabitedBy Berber peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mauri NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Punic ⓘ
laterPartOf Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
legalSystem Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn North Africa ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity Iol Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tingis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Volubilis NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryFeature castella and forts ⓘ
fortified frontier ⓘ
notableArchaeologicalSite Tingis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Volubilis NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
religionPracticed Roman paganism ⓘ
local Berber cults ⓘ
strategicRole coastal region ⓘ
defense of western Roman frontier ⓘ
frontier region ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century CE to late antiquity ⓘ
wasClientKingdomOf Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

ancient city of Sala Colonia → associatedWith → Roman Mauretania ⓘ
subject surface form: Sala Colonia
RMS Mauretania (1906) → namedAfter → Roman Mauretania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mauretania (Roman province)