Tiber

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geographical feature river

The Tiber is the historic river in central Italy that flows through Rome and played a crucial role in the city's founding, development, and trade.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Tiber River 31
Tiber basin 4
Tiberis 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
ancientName Tiber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tiberis
associatedWith Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome

Roman civilization ⓘ
cityOnRiver Perugia, Italy ⓘ
surface form: Perugia

Rome ⓘ
Terni ⓘ
containedBy Tiber embankment walls in Rome ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
crossedBy Ponte Cestio ⓘ
Ponte Fabricio ⓘ
Ponte Milvio ⓘ
Ponte Sant'Angelo ⓘ
Ponte Sisto ⓘ
culturalSignificance featured in Roman literature and art ⓘ
symbol of the city of Rome ⓘ
emptiesInto Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
flowsInto Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
surface form: Tyrrhenian Sea near Ostia
flowsThrough Lazio ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
Umbria ⓘ
hasBasinCountry Italy ⓘ
hasFloodHistory frequent historical flooding in Rome ⓘ
hasIsland Tiber Island ⓘ
hasTributary Aniene ⓘ
Chiascio ⓘ
Nera ⓘ
Paglia ⓘ
historicalSignificance important for the development of Rome ⓘ
important trade route for ancient Rome ⓘ
played a crucial role in the founding of Rome ⓘ
latinName Tiber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tiberis
lengthApprox about 405 km ⓘ
locatedIn Central Italy ⓘ
surface form: central Italy
mouthLocatedIn Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
nearbyAncientPort Ostia ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean Sea basin
passesNear Vatican City ⓘ
roleInMythology connected to the legend of the founding of Rome ⓘ
site where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf ⓘ
sourceLocation Apennines ⓘ
surface form: Apennine Mountains

Mount Fumaiolo ⓘ
thirdLongestRiverIn Italy ⓘ
usedFor defensive boundary of Rome ⓘ
trade in ancient Rome ⓘ
transportation in ancient Rome ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Río Tíber
Latium → traversedBy → Tiber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiber River
Aniene → tributaryOf → Tiber ⓘ
Chiascio → tributaryOf → Tiber ⓘ
Nera → tributaryOf → Tiber ⓘ
Paglia → tributaryOf → Tiber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiber River