Po is arromanus est stètiu traballosu conchistai a sa Sardìnnia, in su 238 a.C. apustis de sa primu
gherra pùnica, inui Amsicora fiat su meri de sa coalitzioni sardu-pùnica. Arroma ndi fiat bessida
bincidora. In su 227 is Aromanus, chi iant cunchistau sa Còssiga, chi fiat stètia de is Cartaginesus
custa puru, iant fatu una provìntzia paris, Sardìnnia e Còssiga, chi ddas gruvernàt unu pretori.
Conquering Sardinia has been very difficult for the Romans, but the conquer began in 238 B.C,
after the first punic war, where Amsicora was the leader of the Punic-Sardinian coalition. Roma won
the war.
In 227 B.C the Romans, that also conquered Corsica being this last under the Carthaginese too. The
two islands were administered as a Roman province (Sardinia et Corsica) by a pretor.
Is tzidadis fenìcias iant sighiu a bivi e si fiant arromanisadas. Karalis fiat sa capitali de sa provìntzia e
is arromanus iant fatu fai monumentus meda, cumenti s’anfiteatru. Is tzidadis fiant cussas fenìciapùnicas
prus calincuna noa.
The phoenician/punic cities kept on their life and they got romanised, Karalis was the capital of
the province and Romans did several monuments, such as the Anphitheater. The cities were the
Phoenicians and Carthagenese ones plus a couple of new ones.
Sa Sardìnnia ndi fiat bessida, impari a sa Sitzìlia e a S’Egitu, prus logu de trigu importu de Arroma, sa
basi de s’economia fiat su portu e su pranu chi fiat bona po sa messària.
Sardinia has become, together with Sicily and Egypt, a wheat provider for Rome and its regions.
The economic centre were the port and the Campidanese plain due to the fields that provided
wheat.
Is cuàturus sèculus de domìniu arromanu ant sinnau meda sa vida de sa Sardìnnia: sa lìngua sardiana
dd’iat bogada, ca su latinu iat pigau su logu a sa lìngua de is sardus e difatis su sardu chi connosceus
oi nd’est bessiu de su latinu.
The four centuries of Roman dominations has changed Sardinia and its life a lot: The Proto-
Sardinian language was replaced by Latin, in fact, the Sardinian Language we know, comes from
Latin.
Is arromanus pigànt de is minas mineralis cumenti prumu, craboni, arràmini e ferru, unu de is logus
po pinnigai su ferru fiat Ferrària a Santu Gregòriu, arràmini de Gadoni (funtana arraminosa), prumu e
prata in su Surcis e àterus metallus in Igrèsias. Su minerali sardu giai fiat arribau in Arroma innantis
chi dd’essint conchistada, ca teniant arrelatas cun is etruscus (in sa stàtua de sa lupa ddoi est su
prumu sardu, is colonnas de su Partenoni funt in màrmuri de Gaddura).
The Romans also exploited a lot of mineral sources, extracting lead, coal, iron and copper together
with other metals. However, Sardinian minerals had already arrived to Rome before they would
conquer the Island. (The statue of the Roman wolf is made out of Sardinian lead and the columns
of the Parthenon are made out of marble from the Gallura region, north-eastern Sardinian.
Sa primu forma de turismu dd’iant fata is Arromanus, chi beniant a biri is biddas de Sardìnnia.
The first form of Tourism happened during this age, as rich Romans would visit Sardinian villages.
Su domìniu arromanu fiat stètiu tostau meda, ddoi fiat un’arratzismu forti contras de is sardus.
Ciceroni at sèmpiri scritu mali, su spreamentu est abdau a innantis finsas a is piemontesus. Su
domìniu de Arroma acabat in su 455 p.c.
The Roman domination had been very harsh and ruthless, there was a lot of racism towards
Sardinians. Cicerone has always written bad about Sardinians. The prejudice has been going on up
to the Piedmontese period 17 centuries later.
The Roman domain finishes in 455 A.C.
Gigeddu AKA Multilingualuigi - Special thanks to Andria Tzedda for the cooperation in writing this article!