Messana

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ancient city former name of city historical place

Messana is the ancient name of the city now known as Messina, a historically significant port on the northeastern tip of Sicily facing the Strait of Messina.

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Label Occurrences
Messana canonical 9

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
former name of city ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
associatedWith Mamertines of Messana ⓘ
surface form: Mamertines
associatedWithEvent First Punic War ⓘ
Mamertines of Messana ⓘ
surface form: Mamertine occupation
continent Europe ⓘ
country ancient Italy ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Italy
facing Strait of Messina ⓘ
function naval base ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
hasGreekName Messene ⓘ
hasPort Port of Messina ⓘ
surface form: Messana port
hasRole gateway between Sicily and mainland Italy ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Classical Antiquity

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman period
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Magna Graecia ⓘ
Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean region

Sicily ⓘ
northeastern Sicily ⓘ
locatedOn Strait of Messina ⓘ
eastern coast of Sicily ⓘ
modernCountry Italy ⓘ
modernName Messina ⓘ
modernProvince Metropolitan City of Messina ⓘ
modernRegion Sicily ⓘ
near Calabria ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Norman Kingdom of Sicily

Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
presentIn ancient Greek sources ⓘ
ancient Roman sources ⓘ
region Strait of Messina ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Messina area
replacedBy Messina ⓘ
significance important port city ⓘ
key commercial hub ⓘ
strategic military location ⓘ
underControlOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Byzantines

Carthage ⓘ
Normans ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
usedNameUntil Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Rhegion → locatedOpposite → Messana ⓘ
Rhegium → neighboringCity → Messana ⓘ
Zancle → laterKnownAs → Messana ⓘ
Zancle → renamedTo → Messana ⓘ
Messina → ancientName → Messana ⓘ
Zankle → laterKnownAs → Messana ⓘ
Anaxilas of Rhegium → placeOfRule → Messana ⓘ
Anaxilas of Rhegium → associatedWith → Messana ⓘ
Thermae Himerenses → nearbyCity → Messana ⓘ