Africa - ܐܦܪܝܩܐ

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A Roman province in northwest Africa that included the city of Carthage

Names

  • ܐܦܪܝܩܐ3, 5
  • Africa1, 4
  • Africa Proconsularis2

Place Type

province

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 32.5° Long. 7.5°6

Descriptions

A Roman province in northwest Africa that included the city of Carthage
Roman Africa was centred around its capital Carthage and one of the richest and most fertile regions of the empire.4
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  • 1 E. W. Brooks (ed.), Translation, The Sixth Book of the Select Letters ofSeverus Patriarch of Antiochin the Syriac Version ofAthanasius of Nisibis vol. 2.1 (Oxford: Williams and Norgate, 1903), p: 212.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Richard J. A. Talbert, Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world (Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2000)., p: 101 J6.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 3 E. W. Brooks (ed.), Text, The Sixth Book of the Select Letters ofSeverus Patriarch of Antiochin the Syriac Version ofAthanasius of Nisibis vol. 1.2 (Oxford: Williams and Norgate, 1904), p: 332.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 29-31.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 254, chapter: 3.5.2.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/775

How to Cite This Entry

Daniel L. Schwartz et al., “Africa — ܐܦܪܝܩܐ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/3051.

Bibliography:

Daniel L. Schwartz et al., “Africa — ܐܦܪܝܩܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/3051.

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Entry Title: Africa — ܐܦܪܝܩܐ

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  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • URI minted and initial data collected by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo

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