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Province, 117 CE

Sicilia

Senatorial province (proconsul)Capital: SyracusaeRoman since 241 BCE

Rome's first province, taken from Carthage in 241 BCE at the end of the First Punic War and still, four centuries later, one of the empire's grain baskets — Cicero's prosecution of the corrupt governor Verres, delivered from this island's own farmers' complaints, remained required reading for every Roman student.

Rome's first province, taken from Carthage at the end of the First Punic War in 241 BCE.

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Sources

  • Cicero, In Verrem
  • Barrington Atlas

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