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Sicilia (Roman province)
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Sicilia (Roman province)
Sicilia
was the first
province
acquired by the
Roman Republic
, organized in 241 BC as a
proconsular
governed territory, in the aftermath of the
First Punic War
with
Carthage
. It included
Sicily
and
Malta
, but not the city of
Syracuse
, on the east coast. (Syracuse remained an independent ally of Rome until after the
Second Punic War
).
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