Roman Sicily

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Roman Sicily was the first province of the Roman Republic, serving as a crucial grain supplier and strategic hub in the central Mediterranean.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
adminCenter Syracuse ⓘ
borderedBy Ionian Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
capital Lilybaeum ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
establishedAfter First Punic War ⓘ
establishedBy Roman Republic ⓘ
establishedInYear 241 BC ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine Sicily ⓘ
governedBy Roman Senate ⓘ
praetor ⓘ
importantCity Agrigentum ⓘ
linked to: Akragas

Lilybaeum ⓘ
Messana ⓘ
Panormus ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
Tauromenium ⓘ
influencedBy Greek culture ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
integratedInto Roman provincial system ⓘ
linked to: Roman provinces
involvedIn First Servile War ⓘ
linked to: Second Servile War

Second Servile War ⓘ
Servile Wars ⓘ
linked to: Second Servile War
knownFor large grain estates ⓘ
latifundia ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalFramework Lex Hieronica ⓘ
locatedIn Sicily ⓘ
central Mediterranean ⓘ
majorExport grain ⓘ
olive oil ⓘ
wine ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
precededBy Sicily under Carthaginian control ⓘ
Sicily under Greek city-states ⓘ
primaryEconomicRole grain supplier to Rome ⓘ
strategic naval base ⓘ
religion Greek polytheism ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
significanceToRome first overseas province ⓘ
socialIssue large slave population ⓘ
slave uprisings ⓘ
strategicFunction base for Roman operations against Carthage ⓘ
control of sea routes between Italy and Africa ⓘ
taxSystem tithe on grain (decuma) ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BC to late antiquity ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Sicels → eventuallyIntegratedInto → Roman Sicily ⓘ
Syracuse → wasCapitalOf → Sicily (Roman province) ⓘ
linked to: Roman Sicily
Punic Sicily → successor → Roman Sicily ⓘ
Panormus → partOf → Roman Sicily ⓘ
Elymian → absorbedInto → Roman Sicily ⓘ
Roman province of Sicilia → reorganizedAs → Sicily (Late Roman diocese) ⓘ
linked to: Roman Sicily