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Provinces of the Roman Empire
- Pannonia SuperiorThe Roman Empire split the province of Pannonia in 103 AD to create two distinct territories. This division established Pannonia Superior with its capital at…
- Illyricum (Roman province)The Dinaric Alps stretch along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea for 645 kilometres. This rugged mountain range defines the physical character of…
- Judaea (Roman province)In 63 BC, Roman general Pompey marched into Jerusalem and besieged the city. He intervened in a civil war between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II.
- PannoniaIn 279 BC, the Scordisci tribe settled in Syrmia after being forced to withdraw from their earlier campaigns. These people were part of a larger Celtic…
- RaetiaLivy stated in his history that the Raetians were of Etruscan origin. This belief was supported by historians Niebuhr and Mommsen centuries later.
- Syria PalaestinaIn 6 AD, the Roman province of Judaea shifted its capital from Jerusalem to Caesarea Maritima. This administrative change marked the beginning of direct…
- Cappadocia (Roman province)In 331 BC, the Kingdom of Cappadocia emerged as one of Alexander the Great's successor states. The Ariarathid dynasty ruled this Anatolian territory for over…
- Roman EgyptIn August 30 BC, following the Battle of Alexandria, the defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra took their own lives. Egypt was seized by Octavian as his…
- Africa (Roman province)In 146 BC, the Roman Republic destroyed Carthage after a brutal Third Punic War. Scipio Aemilianus led the final assault that turned the great city into ash.
- Sicilia (Roman province)In 264 BC, a group of Campanian mercenaries known as the Mamertines seized control of Messina. They killed and exiled the men of the city while holding the…
- Danubian provincesA panel from Trajan's Column depicts shipping on the Danube, showing ports on the Adriatic Sea that provided access to these provinces.