Capsa

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Capsa was an important ancient North African city in the Roman province of Byzacena, located in what is now modern-day Tunisia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Capsa canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman city
ancient city
conqueredBy Gaius Marius
Roman Republic
conquestDate circa 106 BC
coordinateApprox 34.42 N, 8.78 E
country Tunisia
currentEcclesiasticalStatus Latin Catholic titular see
describedAs important ancient North African city
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Capsa
economy oasis agriculture
trade center
hadStatus Roman colonia
Roman municipium
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman ruins
baths
fortifications
theatre
hasFeature oasis settlement
hasModernSite Gafsa
hasRole regional center in Byzacena
knownAs Capsa
Capsa (Byzacena)
language Latin
laterLanguage Arabic
Berber languages
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn Africa Proconsularis
Byzacena
North Africa
modern-day Tunisia
mentionedBy Sallust
mentionedIn Bellum Iugurthinum
linked to: Jugurthine War
modernName Gafsa
partOf Roman Empire
Roman North Africa
preRomanCulture Numidian
linked to: Numidia
provinceType Roman province city
region Byzacena
religion Roman paganism
strategicImportance control of routes across southern Tunisia
timePeriod Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity

antiquity
wasColonia true
wasEpiscopalSee true
wasMunicipium true

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzacena hasImportantCity Capsa
Capsa knownAs Capsa
Byzacium hasMajorCity Capsa
Gafsa historicalName Capsa