Cadmea

E298883

ancient citadel archaeological site fortified acropolis

Cadmea was the ancient fortified citadel at the heart of Thebes in Boeotia, serving as its political and military stronghold.

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Label	Occurrences
Cadmea canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient citadel ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ fortified acropolis ⓘ
associatedWith	Cadmus ⓘ surface form: Cadmus and the Spartoi myth foundation of Thebes ⓘ
associatedWithMythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalSignificance	symbol of Theban power ⓘ
destroyedBy	Alexander the Great ⓘ
destructionEvent	destruction of Thebes in 335 BC ⓘ
fortificationType	walled citadel ⓘ
function	military stronghold of Thebes ⓘ political stronghold of Thebes ⓘ
governanceRole	administrative center of Thebes ⓘ seat of Theban rulers ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Mycenaean civilization ⓘ surface form: Mycenaean period Roman period ⓘ
laterUse	site of later Theban and Greek buildings ⓘ
locatedIn	Boeotia ⓘ central Greece ⓘ surface form: Central Greece Thebes ⓘ
militaryRole	main fortress of Thebes ⓘ
modernLocation	Thebes ⓘ surface form: Thebes, Greece
namedAfter	Cadmus ⓘ
partOf	city of Thebes ⓘ
topographicalPosition	center of Thebes ⓘ

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

Thebes → hasCitadel → Cadmea ⓘ

Eteocles → associatedLocation → Cadmea ⓘ

Alexander of Epirus → child → Cadmea ⓘ