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Provinces of the Roman Empire
- Pannonia SuperiorA retired Roman emperor turned down the throne to protect his cabbages. It happened in Carnuntum.
- Illyricum (Roman province)Four Roman emperors were born in one city, Sirmium, in modern Serbia. It sat in the province of Illyricum.
- Judaea (Roman province)Emperor Caligula ordered a statue of himself placed inside the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
- PannoniaIn 433, Rome handed the entire province of Pannonia over to Attila. It was payment for his help against the Burgundians.
- RaetiaAugustus preferred wine from the Roman province of Raetia above any other in the empire.
- Syria PalaestinaRome once stripped a rebellious province of its name as punishment. Judaea became Syria Palaestina after 132-136 AD.
- Cappadocia (Roman province)In 17 AD, Emperor Tiberius summoned Cappadocia's aging king to Rome and jailed him.
- Roman EgyptNo Roman senator could enter Egypt without the emperor's personal approval.
- Africa (Roman province)The Roman province of Africa was said to feed Rome for eight months of each year. Egypt supplied the rest.
- Sicilia (Roman province)Rome's first province began with mercenaries who seized a city. Their grab of Messina pulled Rome into Sicily.
- Danubian provincesThe Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire took their identity from a single river. Rome laid its frontier along the Danube, and the lands that grew up behind that line formed one of the empire's most distinctive regions. A mountain…