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Sicilia (Roman province)

a Pleiades place resource

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: Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 22, 2013 11:32 PM — History

The Roman province of Sicilia (Sicily) was initially organized in 241 BC as a territory with a proconsular governor. The territory fell to the Vandals in AD 440 but was reclaimed by the Byzantines.

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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981549

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.7505195, 14.675555

Locations:

Barrington Atlas location (unspecified date range)

Names:

Sicilia (unspecified date range)

Sicilia (Roman province) makes connections with:

Sicilia (Roman province) connection Melita/Malta (island) (unspecified date range)
Sicilia (Roman province) connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)

Sicilia (Roman province) receives connections from:

Syracusae/Syrakousai part of (administrative) Sicilia (Roman province) (unspecified date range)
Katane/Catina connection Sicilia (Roman province) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
province, diocese, nome

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 100 J4 Sicilia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: province

Alternate representations:
Atom, JSON, KML, RDF+XML, Turtle

Suggested citation:
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, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sicilia (Roman province): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981549> [accessed: 03 August 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981549 |title=Places: 981549 (Sicilia (Roman province)) |author=Wilkes, J., S. Parker, R. Bagnall, W. Harris, A. Esmonde-Cleary, C. Wells, J. Drinkwater, R. Knapp, S. Mitchell |accessdate=August 3, 2020 8:49 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Sicilia (Roman province)