Phocaea

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Ionian city ancient Greek city polis

Phocaea was an ancient Ionian Greek city renowned for its maritime prowess and as the mother city of several important Mediterranean colonies, including Massalia (modern Marseille).

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Phocaea canonical 9
Phocaea in Asia Minor 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ionian city ⓘ
ancient Greek city ⓘ
polis ⓘ
attackedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire
colonizedRegion Corsica ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
coasts of Gaul ⓘ
western Mediterranean ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire
culture Ionian Greek ⓘ
currencyUsed electrum coins ⓘ
economyBasedOn craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
foundedBy Greeks ⓘ
Ionians ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment city‑state ⓘ
heritage archaeological site ⓘ
knownFor colonization ⓘ
early coinage ⓘ
long‑distance trade ⓘ
maritime prowess ⓘ
naval power ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ
western coast of Asia Minor ⓘ
locatedInModernAdministrativeUnit İzmir Province ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear Aegean Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Izmir ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Smyrna
modernName Foça ⓘ
motherCityOf Alalia ⓘ
Ampurias ⓘ
Elea ⓘ
Emporion ⓘ
Marseille ⓘ
Massilia ⓘ
surface form: Massalia

Velia ⓘ
partOf Ionian League ⓘ
populationMovement citizen flight to colonies ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
tradedWith Etruscans ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians

western Mediterranean peoples ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Ionia → majorCity → Phocaea ⓘ
Lampsacus → colonizedFrom → Phocaea ⓘ
Naukratis → associatedWithCityState → Phocaea ⓘ
Ionian League → hasMember → Phocaea ⓘ
Ionians → associatedWithCity → Phocaea ⓘ
Anatolian coast → includesAncientCity → Phocaea ⓘ
Velia → colonizedFrom → Phocaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phocaea in Asia Minor
Panionion → gatheredCities → Phocaea ⓘ
Les Phocéens → etymologyOrigin → Phocaea ⓘ
Les Phocéens → relatesToAncientColonyOf → Phocaea ⓘ