Petelia

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Petelia was an ancient city in southern Italy that served as the principal center of the Bruttian people.

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Label Occurrences
Petelia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
ancientRegion Magna Graecia
archaeologicalFinds ceramics
coins
inscriptions
associatedWithEthnicGroup Bruttii
country Italy
culture Bruttian culture
Greek-Italic culture
currentStatus archaeological remains
governedBy Bruttians
surface form: Bruttian rulers
hasArtifact Orphic gold tablets
surface form: gold lamella (Petelia tablet)
hasHistoricalFunction economic center
military stronghold
political center
religious center
hasModernCorrespondence Strongoli
hasNameOrigin Greek language
hasType fortified city
historicalSignificance chief city of the Bruttii
knownFor Petelia tablet
languageUsed Greek
Latin
laterIncorporatedInto Roman Republic
locatedIn Bruttium
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
locatedInPresentDay Calabria
locatedNear Ionian Sea
locatedOn Italian Peninsula
mentionedBy Livy
Pliny the Elder
Strabo
nearModernTown Strongoli
partOf Samnite League
surface form: Bruttian League

ancient Italy
politicalRole capital of the Bruttii
principalCenterOf Bruttians
surface form: Bruttian people

Bruttii
regionType hill town
religion Roman religion
ancient Greek religion
status ruined city
timePeriod Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
Roman Empire
Roman Republic

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Referenced by (3)

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

Bruttii majorCity Petelia
Orphic gold tablets foundIn Petelia