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List Of Roman Governors Of Sicilia
This is a list of known Roman governors of Sicilia, the Sicilia (Roman province), Roman province of Sicily. Republican governors of Sicily (The following list is based on Jonathan R. W. Prag"Roman Magistrates in Sicily, 227-49 BC." in ''La Sicile de Cicéron: lecture des Verrines. Actes du colloque de Paris (19-20 mai 2006)'' (Besançon: Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Antiquité, 2007), pp. 287–310.) (''Note'': Prag omits the names of any magistrate in Sicily between the creation of the province in 241 BC and 227 BC because "no evidence exists.") * Gaius Flaminius (consul 223 BC), Gaius Flaminius c. 227 BC * Marcus Valerius Laevinus c. 227 BC * M. Aemilius (Lepidus) 218 BC * Titus Otacilius Crassus (praetor 217 BC), Titus Otacilius Crassus 217 BC * Marcus Claudius Marcellus praetor 216 BC * Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 212 BC), Appius Claudius Pulcher praetor 215 * Publius Cornelius Lentulus (praetor 214 BC), Publius Cornelius Lentulus praetor 214 * C. Sulpic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicilia (Roman Province)
Sicilia (; , Ancient Greek: Σικελία) was the first province acquired by the Roman Republic, encompassing the island of Sicily. The western part of the island was brought under Roman control in 241 BC at the conclusion of the First Punic War with Carthage. A praetor was regularly assigned to the island from c.227 BC. The Kingdom of Syracuse under Hieron II remained an independent ally of Rome until its defeat in 212 BC during the Second Punic War. Thereafter the province included the whole of the island of Sicily, the island of Malta, and the smaller island groups (the Egadi islands, the Lipari islands, Ustica, and Pantelleria). During the Roman Republic, the island was the main source of grain for the city of Rome. Extraction was heavy, provoking armed uprisings known as the First and Second Servile Wars in the second century BC. In the first century, the Roman governor, Verres, was famously prosecuted for his corruption by Cicero. In the civil wars which brought the Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
