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.

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Label Occurrences
Zeugitana canonical 3

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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

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Referenced by (3)

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

Africa Proconsularis hasPart Zeugitana
Utica historicalRegion Zeugitana
Byzacena borderedBy Zeugitana