Tauromenium

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ancient Greek city settlement in ancient Sicily

Tauromenium was an ancient Greek city on the eastern coast of Sicily, later known as Taormina, renowned for its strategic hilltop location and well-preserved Hellenistic-Roman theater.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tauromenium canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city ⓘ
settlement in ancient Sicily ⓘ
alliedWith Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ
archaeologicalRemains city walls ⓘ
domestic buildings ⓘ
street layout ⓘ
cameUnderControlOf Roman Republic ⓘ
country Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Sicily (ancient region)
culturalSphere Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic world
elevation approximately 200 meters above sea level ⓘ
foundedAfter destruction of Naxos (Sicily) ⓘ
foundedAroundYear 358 BC ⓘ
foundedBy Andromachus of Tauromenium ⓘ
Greek colonists ⓘ
foundedInCentury 4th century BC ⓘ
governedBy Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
Syracuse, Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Syracuse (ancient city)
hasArchaeologicalSite Ruins of the Greek Theatre at Taormina ⓘ
surface form: Ancient theater of Taormina
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasStructureType Greek theater ⓘ
Roman theater ⓘ
hasViewOf Bay of Naxos ⓘ
Mount Etna ⓘ
involvedIn First Punic War ⓘ
Second Punic War ⓘ
knownFor Roman theater ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic-Roman theater

strategic hilltop location ⓘ
well-preserved ancient theater ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterCameUnderControlOf Arab rulers of Sicily ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Normans ⓘ
laterLanguage Latin ⓘ
laterName Taormina ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Mount Tauro ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
eastern coast of Sicily ⓘ
Province of Messina ⓘ
surface form: province of Messina
modernLocation Taormina ⓘ
overlooks Ionian Sea ⓘ
partOf Magna Graecia ⓘ
predecessorSettlement Naxos (Sicily) ⓘ
region eastern Sicily ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
statusUnderRome allied city of Rome ⓘ
civitas foederata ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Naxos (Sicily) → successorSettlement → Tauromenium ⓘ
Timaeus of Tauromenium → placeOfBirth → Tauromenium ⓘ
Taormina → historicalName → Tauromenium ⓘ