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Roman province

Also known as ancient Roman province, province of ancient Rome, province in ancient Rome, province (ancient Rome)

Roman administrative territorial entity

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A Roman province was a territory controlled and administered by the Roman Empire, typically governed by an official appointed by Rome. These provinces were important because they allowed Rome to organize and govern the vast lands it conquered, collecting taxes and maintaining order across its empire.

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: dependent territory
Part of: Ancient Rome
Has part: Roman Egypt
Country: Ancient Rome

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Commons category: Ancient Roman provinces
topic's main category: Category:Ancient Roman provinces
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
short name: provinca
applies to jurisdiction: Ancient Rome
topic has template: Template:Roman provinces AD 117
inception: 0241-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Roman Empire under Augustus (31 BC – AD 14), showing the empire as of 31 BC in yellow, additions to 19 BC in dark green, additions in 9 BC in light green, and additions to AD 6 in pale green. Client states in pink. The Roman Empire under Hadrian (125) showing the provinces as then organised.

The Roman provinces (Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roman province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.