Ambracia
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Ambracia was an ancient Greek city in Epirus that became an important regional center and later the capital of King Pyrrhus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ambracia canonical | 7 |
| Ambraciots | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
ⓘ
polis ⓘ |
| afterConquestStatus | free city under Roman influence ⓘ |
| colonizedBy | Corinth ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| conquestDate | 189 BC ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | Greek ⓘ |
| currency | silver coins ⓘ |
| declineCause | foundation of Nicopolis by Augustus ⓘ |
| economy | regional trade center ⓘ |
| era |
Classical Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic Greece
Roman Greece ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| foundationPeriod | 7th century BC ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Gorgus of Corinth ⓘ |
| hasFeature | harbor access via Ambracian Gulf ⓘ |
| hasFortifications | city walls ⓘ |
| hasPublicBuilding |
agora
ⓘ
temples ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasType | archaeological site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
regional political importance in Epirus
ⓘ
role in campaigns of Pyrrhus ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Epirus
ⓘ
northwestern Greece ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Epirus region of modern Greece ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Arachthos River ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Livy
ⓘ
Polybius ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| modernSite | Arta ⓘ |
| near |
Ambracian Gulf
ⓘ
Arta ⓘ
surface form:
modern city of Arta
|
| politicalStatus |
capital city
ⓘ
regional center ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| underRuleOf |
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids
ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian Kingdom
Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf |
Epirus
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Epirus
Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ambraciots