Corsica Sardinia

Corsica-Sardinia (Corsica and Sardinia in Latin) is a Roman province.

Corsica and Sardinia in the Roman Empire, around 120

The Phoenicians were the first to establish trading posts in Corsica and Sardinia : Caralis ( Cagliari ), Tharros ( Torre di San Giovanni ), but the Greeks Phocaea are competing with their colonies Alalia (current Alria ) in Corsica (grounds to -560) and Pausania Terranova ( Olbia ), Sardinia. The Carthaginians helped the Etruscans defeated the Phoenicians in Alalia to -535. Sardinia and Corsica, pass under the control of Carthage.

During the first Punic war , the Romans attacked the Sardinia as -259, but not grab it. After the defeat of Carthage in -241, the Sardinian mercenaries in the service of Carthage revolted at -238 and enlist the help of the Romans. They declare war again in Carthage and send their navy. In -229, Carthage cedes to Rome to Corsica and Sardinia, losing two places strategic Tyrrhenian Sea. During the Second Punic War (218-201), the Carthaginians tried in vain to regain Sardinia.

The Romans, masters of the coasts and plains, are nearly a century to refer to indigenous peoples within the islands. In -27, Sardinia and Corsica, largely pacified at last, become a senatorial province , but the insecurity is reigning robbery forced to convert to 66 in Imperial Province to send its legions. Considered unattractive because of their ruggedness, Corsica and Sardinia are used repeatedly instead of banishment during the Roman Empire :

• In 19, Tiberius sends Sardinia several thousand Jews in Rome accused of proselytizing, so they are fighting against the bandits and work in the mines.
• Seneca banished to Corsica is between 41 and 48 (or 49).

The Vandals , after invading Roman Africa, seized Corsica and Sardinia, to 456. They keep them until 533, when they were reconquered by Belisarius , general of the Eastern Emperor Justinian. But the Byzantine Empire , no longer afford to maintain its dominance, abandoning these islands to the Arab invaders.

See also

See sections History of Corsica and Sardinia history for parties protohistoric and medieval history of these islands.

• Ancient Rome portal

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