• Clash with Publius Clodius Pulcher and subsequent suicide of Ptolemaic King Ptolemy of Cyprus
58 BC
• Battle of Actium
31 BC
• Brief conquest by the Arab Muslims
c. 649-650
• Condominium between Eastern Rome and the Caliphate by treaty
688
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Cyprus in the Middle Ages
Today part of
Cyprus
Roman Cyprus was a small senatorial province within the Roman Empire. While it was a small province, it possessed several well known religious sanctuaries and figured prominently in Eastern Mediterranean trade, particularly the production and trade of Cypriot copper. The island of Cyprus was situated at a strategically important position along Eastern Mediterranean trade routes, and had been controlled by various imperial powers throughout the first millennium BC. including: the Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, Macedonians, and eventually the Romans. Cyprus was annexed by the Romans in 58 BC, but turbulence and civil war in Roman politics did not establish firm rule in Cyprus until 31 BC when Roman political struggles ended by Battle of Actium, and after about a decade, Cyprus was assigned a status of senatorial province in 22 BC.[1] From then until the 7th century AD, Cyprus was controlled by the Romans. Cyprus officially became part of the Eastern Roman Empire in 293 AD.[2]
Under Roman rule, Cyprus was divided into four main districts, Salamis, Paphos, Amathus, and Lapethos.[3] Paphos was the capital of the island throughout the Roman period until Salamis was re-founded as Constantia in 346 AD. The geographer Ptolemy recorded the following Roman cities: Paphos, Salamis, Amathous, Lapethos, Kition, Kourion, Arsinoe, Kyrenia, Chytri, Karpasia, Soli, and Tamassos, as well as some smaller cities scattered throughout the island.[3]
Topographical Map of Cyprus with Roman Cities
^Karageorghis, Vassos (1982). Cyprus From the Stone Age to the Romans: The Roman Period. Thames & Hudson. pp. 177–178.
^Antonios Loizides. "Ancient Cyprus". Ancient.eu. World History Encyclopedia.
^ abKarageorghis, Vassos (1982). Cyprus From the Stone Age to the Romans: The Roman Period. Thames & Hudson. p. 178.
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