Syracuse

E148060

ancient city city in Italy former Greek colony

Syracuse is an ancient and historically significant city on the eastern coast of Sicily, renowned as a powerful Greek colony and cultural center in antiquity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Syracuse canonical	109
Free municipal consortium of Syracuse	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ city in Italy ⓘ former Greek colony ⓘ
conqueredBy	Rome ⓘ
conqueredIn	212 BC ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek culture ⓘ Sicilian culture ⓘ
economySector	fishing ⓘ petrochemical industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
foundedBy	Greek colonists from Corinth ⓘ Tenea ⓘ
foundedIn	734 BC ⓘ 8th century BC ⓘ
governmentTypeHistorically	Greek democracy ⓘ Greek tyranny ⓘ
hasLandmark	Arethusa Spring ⓘ Castello Maniace ⓘ Cathedral of Syracuse ⓘ Ear of Dionysius ⓘ Greek Theatre of Syracuse ⓘ Roman Amphitheatre of Syracuse ⓘ Temple of Apollo (Syracuse) ⓘ
hasPart	Achradina ⓘ Epipolae ⓘ Neapolis ⓘ Ortygia ⓘ Tyche ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Syracuse ⓘ
historicalEra	Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Roman period
languageCurrentlySpoken	Italian ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Mediterranean region ⓘ Province of Syracuse ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
locatedOn	Ionian Sea ⓘ eastern coast of Sicily ⓘ
modernPopulationApprox	120000 ⓘ
notableFor	being a powerful Greek city-state ⓘ its archaeological park ⓘ its baroque architecture ⓘ its classical Greek theatre ⓘ its role in the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
patronSaint	Saint Lucy ⓘ
region	Sicily ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	2005 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	World Heritage Site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageWith	Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica ⓘ surface form: Rock-cut Necropolis of Pantalica
wasCapitalOf	Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ Siceliot Greek world ⓘ Roman Sicily ⓘ surface form: Sicily (Roman province)
wasHomeOf	Archimedes ⓘ Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ surface form: Tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ surface form: Tyrant Dionysius II of Syracuse

Referenced by (110)

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

Magna Graecia → hasPart → Syracuse ⓘ

Sicily → hasCity → Syracuse ⓘ

Michiel de Ruyter → placeOfDeath → Syracuse ⓘ

Sicilian Baroque → developedIn → Syracuse ⓘ

Archimedes → birthPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

Archimedes → deathPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

Archimedes → citizenship → Syracuse ⓘ

Archimedes → placeOfActivity → Syracuse ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasMajorCity → Syracuse ⓘ

Operation Ladbroke → location → Syracuse ⓘ

Cumae → allyInBattle → Syracuse ⓘ

Akragas → alliedWith → Syracuse ⓘ

Himera → alliedWith → Syracuse ⓘ

Tyche → worshippedIn → Syracuse ⓘ

Corinth → colonized → Syracuse ⓘ

Arethusa (nymph in Greek mythology) → worshipPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

subject surface form: Arethusa

Pope Vigilius → deathPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

Sicilian Expedition → location → Syracuse ⓘ

Sicilian Expedition → belligerent → Syracuse ⓘ

Nicias → deathPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

Dionysius I of Syracuse → birthPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

Dionysius I of Syracuse → country → Syracuse ⓘ

Dionysius I of Syracuse → deathPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

Cassibile → partOf → Syracuse ⓘ

Cassibile → nearbyCity → Syracuse ⓘ

First Punic War → involvedPolity → Syracuse ⓘ

Noto → administrativeTerritory → Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free municipal consortium of Syracuse

Basilica of San Sebastiano, Palazzolo Acreide → province → Syracuse ⓘ

Palazzo Beneventano del Bosco, Syracuse → locatedInCity → Syracuse ⓘ

subject surface form: Palazzo Beneventano del Bosco

Emperor Constans II → movedImperialResidenceTo → Syracuse ⓘ

subject surface form: Constans II

Emperor Constans II → deathPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

subject surface form: Constans II

On Floating Bodies → associatedWith → Syracuse ⓘ

On the Equilibrium of Planes → originallyWrittenIn → Syracuse ⓘ

The Sand Reckoner → setting → Syracuse ⓘ

On Spirals → associatedWith → Syracuse ⓘ

Siege of Syracuse → place → Syracuse ⓘ

Quadrature of the Parabola → workLocation → Syracuse ⓘ

The Method of Mechanical Theorems → associatedWith → Syracuse ⓘ

Theocritus → placeOfBirth → Syracuse ⓘ

Ponte Grande bridge captured and later temporarily lost → relatedPlace → Syracuse ⓘ

Marcus Claudius Marcellus → captured → Syracuse ⓘ

Hermocrates → citizenship → Syracuse ⓘ

Hermocrates → country → Syracuse ⓘ

Hermocrates → placeOfActivity → Syracuse ⓘ

Ponte Grande bridge → locatedNear → Syracuse ⓘ

Greek colonization movement → notableColonyFounded → Syracuse ⓘ

Zankle → laterControlledBy → Syracuse ⓘ

Arethusa → locationAfterTransformation → Syracuse ⓘ

Arethusa → cultOrLocalAssociation → Syracuse ⓘ

Battle of Cumae (474 BC) → belligerent → Syracuse ⓘ