Asia (Roman province)
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Creators: J.J. Wilkes, S.T. Parker, R.S. Bagnall, W.V. Harris, A.S. Esmonde-Cleary, C.M. Wells, J.F. Drinkwater, R.C. Knapp, S. Mitchell
Creators: J.J. Wilkes, S.T. Parker, R.S. Bagnall, W.V. Harris, A.S. Esmonde-Cleary, C.M. Wells, J.F. Drinkwater, R.C. Knapp, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Gabriel Mckee, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs
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History
The Roman province of Asia, located on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea. The region was bequeathed to the Roman Republic by Attalus III of Pergamum in 133 BCE. It was divided into seven smaller provinces by Diocletian in the 4th century CE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981509
38.4607221567, 27.7761048198
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (unspecified date range)
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- Asia (unspecified date range)
- Asia (Roman province) abuts Aegaeum Mare (330 BC - AD 300)
- Asia (Roman province) part of (regional) Asia Minor (330 BC - AD 300)
- Aizanoi part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (330 BC - AD 300)
- Cyzicus part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) capital of Asia (Roman province) (330 BC - AD 300)
- Erythrai part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (330 BC - AD 300)
- Keramos part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Miletus part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (330 BC - AD 300)
- Pergamum part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Philadelpheia part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Priene/‘Lince’? part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (330 BC - AD 300)
province
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 100 M4 Asia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: province
J.J. Wilkes, S.T. Parker, R.S. Bagnall, W.V. Harris, A.S. Esmonde-Cleary, C.M. Wells, J.F. Drinkwater, R.C. Knapp, S. Mitchell, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Gabriel Mckee, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, and Mary E. Downs, 'Asia (Roman province): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981509> [accessed: 18 December 2024]
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