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The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD), showing, in western Anatolia, the senatorial province of Asia (southwestern Turkey). Asia ( Ancient Greek : Ἀσία ) was a Roman province covering most of western Asia Minor (Anatolia), which was created following the Roman Republic 's annexation of the Attalid Kingdom in 133 BC.
The Roman provinces of Asia Minor under Trajan, including the western Asia Minor Senatorial province of "Bithynia and Pontus". As part of the Constitutional Reforms of Augustus, which transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire, Rome's territories were divided into imperial provinces and senatorial provinces. Imperial provinces were ...
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.
The Laodicean Church was a Christian community established in the ancient city of Laodicea on the Lycus in the Roman province of Asia and was one of the early centers of Christianity. The church was established in the Apostolic Age , the earliest period of Christianity, and is probably best known for being one of the seven churches of Asia ...
Roman province of Asia Photo of a 15th-century map showing Lydia. When the Romans entered the capital Sardis in 133 BC, Lydia, as the other western parts of the Attalid legacy, became part of the province of Asia, a very rich Roman province, worthy of a governor with the high rank of proconsul.
During this period, Bithynia was commonly united for administrative purposes with the province of Pontus within the Roman Empire. This was the situation at the time of Emperor Trajan , when Pliny the Younger was appointed governor of the combined provinces (109/110 – 111/112), a circumstance which has provided historians with valuable ...
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Ionia became part of the Roman province of Asia in 133 BC, which had its capital at the Ionian city of Ephesus. [50] Ionia had no formal place in the Roman administration of the province, which was divided into conventus districts that were totally distinct from the traditional ethnic divisions of the region. [51]