Capsa

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Capsa was an important ancient North African city in the Roman province of Byzacena, located in what is now modern-day Tunisia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Capsa canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
conqueredBy Gaius Marius ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
conquestDate circa 106 BC ⓘ
coordinateApprox 34.42 N, 8.78 E ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
currentEcclesiasticalStatus Latin Catholic titular see ⓘ
describedAs important ancient North African city ⓘ
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Capsa ⓘ
economy oasis agriculture ⓘ
trade center ⓘ
hadStatus Roman colonia ⓘ
Roman municipium ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman ruins ⓘ
baths ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
hasFeature oasis settlement ⓘ
hasModernSite Gafsa ⓘ
hasRole regional center in Byzacena ⓘ
knownAs Capsa ⓘ
Capsa (Byzacena) ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
laterLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
Byzacena ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
modern-day Tunisia ⓘ
mentionedBy Sallust ⓘ
mentionedIn Bellum Iugurthinum ⓘ
linked to: Jugurthine War
modernName Gafsa ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman North Africa ⓘ
preRomanCulture Numidian ⓘ
linked to: Numidia
provinceType Roman province city ⓘ
region Byzacena ⓘ
religion Roman paganism ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes across southern Tunisia ⓘ
timePeriod Roman period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

antiquity ⓘ
wasColonia true ⓘ
wasEpiscopalSee true ⓘ
wasMunicipium true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Byzacena → hasImportantCity → Capsa ⓘ
Capsa → knownAs → Capsa ⓘ
Byzacium → hasMajorCity → Capsa ⓘ
Gafsa → historicalName → Capsa ⓘ