Chalcidians
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The Chalcidians were an ancient Greek people from the city of Chalcis on Euboea, known for establishing numerous colonies in southern Italy and elsewhere in the Mediterranean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chalcidians canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Greek people ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Euboea
ⓘ
Euboean colonization ⓘ |
| colonialActivity | Greek colonization of the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| colonialMotivation |
search for arable land
ⓘ
trade expansion ⓘ |
| colonized |
Cumae
ⓘ
Himera ⓘ Naxos (Sicily) ⓘ Rhegion ⓘ Zankle ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Hellenic world ⓘ |
| culture | Greek culture ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
maritime commerce
ⓘ
metal trade ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Χαλκιδεῖς ⓘ |
| geographicalContext |
Aegean Sea
ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
mediators between Greek and Italic peoples
ⓘ
transmitters of Greek culture to Italy ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the Etruscan alphabet
ⓘ
development of the Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Euboeans
ⓘ
surface form:
Euboean Greeks
|
| knownFor |
founding colonies in southern Italy
ⓘ
founding colonies in the western Mediterranean ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ seafaring ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedInTime |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Greece
|
| memberOf | Greek ethnē ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Chalcis ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Greek colonization of Italy
ⓘ
Greek colonization movement ⓘ
surface form:
Greek colonization of Sicily
|
| placeOfOrigin |
Chalcis
ⓘ
Euboea ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | polis-based community ⓘ |
| primaryUrbanCenter | Chalcis ⓘ |
| regionOfColonization |
Sicily
ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
southern Italy
western Mediterranean ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| tradePartners |
Etruscans
ⓘ
Italics ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenicians
|
| usedAlphabet | Euboean Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| usedScript | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.