Zeugitana

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Zeugitana was an ancient region in northern Tunisia centered around Carthage, known as a key coastal and urbanized area of Roman North Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Zeugitana canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province ⓘ
ancient region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Carthage ⓘ
associatedWith Carthaginian Wars legacy ⓘ
borderedBy Byzacena ⓘ
Numidia ⓘ
capital Carthage ⓘ
coastalRegion true ⓘ
culturalInfluence Berber ⓘ
linked to: Berbers

Punic ⓘ
Roman ⓘ
linked to: Romanitas
economicRole grain supplier to Rome ⓘ
olive oil exporter ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine Exarchate of Africa ⓘ
linked to: Exarchate of Africa

early Islamic provinces in Ifriqiya ⓘ
hasCoastOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
historicalEra Classical antiquity ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
knownFor dense urban network ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ
grain production ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ
languageInRomanPeriod Latin ⓘ
Punic ⓘ
locatedIn northern Tunisia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Tunisia ⓘ
majorCity Bulla Regia ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
Hippo Diarrhytus ⓘ
Thuburbo Maius ⓘ
Utica ⓘ
partOf Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Roman Africa ⓘ
linked to: Roman North Africa
precededBy Carthaginian territory ⓘ
presentDayCorrespondsTo northern coastal Tunisia around Tunis and Bizerte ⓘ
regionType agricultural hinterland of Carthage ⓘ
coastal plain ⓘ
religionInPreRomanPeriod Punic religion ⓘ
religionInRomanPeriod Christianity ⓘ
Roman paganism ⓘ
underRomanRuleFrom 2nd century BCE ⓘ
underRomanRuleUntil late antiquity ⓘ
urbanizedRegion true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Africa Proconsularis → hasPart → Zeugitana ⓘ
Utica → historicalRegion → Zeugitana ⓘ
Byzacena → borderedBy → Zeugitana ⓘ
Byzacium → borders → Zeugitana ⓘ