Thurii

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Thurii was an ancient Greek colony in southern Italy that became an important cultural and political center in Magna Graecia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony
ancient Greek city
city of Magna Graecia
archaeologicalSiteNear Sibari (modern town)
coinageMotif bull
head of Athena
foundationDate circa 444 BC
foundedBy Athens
Panhellenic settlers
Pericles
foundedOnSiteOf Sybaris
hadCoinage silver coins
hadColonistsFrom Athens
Peloponnese
other Greek cities
hadConflictWith Lucanians
Tarentum
hadFamousInhabitant Empedocles
surface form: Empedocles (associated)

Herodotus
Lysias
Protagoras
hadLawgiver Charondas
hadPoliticalSystem Panhellenic constitution
democracy
hadStatus Panhellenic foundation
hadUrbanPlanBy Hippodamus of Miletus (traditionally attributed)
hasLanguage Greek
laterRecolonizedAs Copia
Copia Thurii
legalCodeInfluencedBy Solonian Constitution
surface form: Athenian law
locatedIn Magna Graecia
region of Calabria
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
locatedNear Gulf of Tarentum
surface form: Gulf of Taranto

site of ancient Sybaris
modernCountry Italy
namedAfter nearby spring Thuria
peakPeriod 5th century BC
regionNowIn Province of Cosenza
soughtAidFrom Rome
sponsoredBy Pericles
surface form: Pericles of Athens
sufferedAttackBy Bruttians
Lucanians
underRomanRuleBecame Roman colony
usedDialect Attic Greek
wasAlliedWith Rome
wasCulturalCenterOf Magna Graecia
wasPartOf Greek world
wasPoliticalCenterOf Magna Graecia
wasRomanProtectorate true

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