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Provinces of the Roman Empire
- Pannonia SuperiorPannonia Superior took shape in 103 AD, when Rome divided the older province of Pannonia into separate territories, with Carnuntum installed as its capital.
- Illyricum (Roman province)Illyricum was a Roman province created by Augustus in 27 BC to anchor the northeastern Adriatic frontier. It was a vast, rugged territory stretching from the…
- Judaea (Roman province)Judaea, as a Roman province, existed for roughly 129 years, from 6 AD to 135 AD, and during that span it became the site of events that would reshape the…
- PannoniaPannonia stretched along the Danube's western bank, the Roman province Augustus once described in his own account. He wrote: 'Through Tiberius Nero, then my…
- RaetiaRaetia was a province of the Roman Empire carved from the heart of the Alps, and Augustus himself had a preference for its wine above any other in the empire.
- Syria PalaestinaSyria Palaestina was a Roman province born from an act of political erasure. In the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132-136 AD, the Roman authorities…
- Cappadocia (Roman province)Cappadocia, the rugged highland plateau of central-eastern Anatolia, spent centuries as a prize fought over by empires before becoming one of Rome's most…
- Roman EgyptRoman Egypt was, for more than six centuries, one of the most strategically prized territories on earth. From 30 BC to AD 642, Rome ruled almost all of…
- Africa (Roman province)Africa, the Roman province, was said to feed the entire Roman populace for eight months of the year. Egypt supplied the remaining four months of grain.
- Sicilia (Roman province)Sicilia was the first province ever acquired by the Roman Republic, and the story of how Rome came to own it begins not with a grand strategy but with a band…
- Danubian provincesA panel from Trajan's Column depicts shipping on the Danube, showing ports on the Adriatic Sea that provided access to these provinces.