Gaetulia

E229569

Gaetulia was an ancient region in North Africa inhabited by semi-nomadic Berber tribes, located south of Numidia and extending into the Sahara.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gaetuli 3
Gaetulia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
approximateModernLocation Algeria ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Gaetuli ⓘ
linked to: Gaetulia
borderedBy Mauretania ⓘ
Numidia ⓘ
Sahara Desert ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culture Berber culture ⓘ
economy pastoralism ⓘ
semi-nomadic herding ⓘ
ethnicGroup Berbers ⓘ
extendsInto Sahara Desert ⓘ
inhabitedBy Berber tribes ⓘ
Gaetuli ⓘ
linked to: Gaetulia

semi-nomadic tribes ⓘ
knownFrom Greek sources ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
locatedIn North Africa ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Numidia ⓘ
mentionedIn works of Pliny the Elder ⓘ
works of Sallust ⓘ
militaryRole source of light cavalry for ancient armies ⓘ
notableFeature transition zone between Mediterranean coast and Sahara Desert ⓘ
partOf ancient Roman world ⓘ
primaryLanguages Berber languages ⓘ
romanProvinceRelation outside formal provincial boundaries for much of Roman history ⓘ
strategicImportance frontier zone for Roman North Africa ⓘ
terrain desert fringe ⓘ
steppe ⓘ
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Roman Empire era ⓘ
Roman Republic era ⓘ
linked to: Roman Republic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Numidia → borders → Gaetulia ⓘ
Gaetulia → inhabitedBy → Gaetuli ⓘ
linked to: Gaetulia
Gaetulia → associatedWithPeople → Gaetuli ⓘ
linked to: Gaetulia
Berber world → hasHistoricalPopulation → Gaetuli ⓘ
linked to: Gaetulia