Spoletium

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Spoletium was an important ancient Umbrian city in central Italy, later known as the Roman colony of Spoletium (modern Spoleto).

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Label Occurrences
Spoletium canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colony
Umbrian settlement
ancient city
archaeologicalSiteType urban archaeological site
connectedBy Via Flaminia
countryDuringRomanPeriod Italia (Roman province)
surface form: Roman Italy
economyBasedOn agriculture
trade
foundedAsColony 241 BC
foundedBy Romans
hasApproximateCoordinates 42.73°N 12.74°E
hasHeritage Roman architecture
Umbrian archaeological culture
surface form: Umbrian culture
hasItalianName Spoleto NERFINISHED
hasLatinName Spoletium self-link
hasModernName Spoleto NERFINISHED
hasNotableNearbyFeature Apennines
surface form: Apennine Mountains

Valle Umbra
hasNotableStructure Arch of Drusus and Germanicus
Roman bridge Ponte Sanguinario
surface form: Roman bridge (Ponte Sanguinario)

Roman Theatre of Spoleto
surface form: Roman theatre of Spoleto

city walls
forum
hasRemainsFrom Roman period
pre-Roman Umbrian period
hasType fortified hill town
historicalRegion Sabina region
surface form: Sabina-Umbria border area
isNow district of Spoleto
languageInRomanPeriod Latin
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn Italy
Umbria
central Italy
modernSuccessor Comune di Spoleto
partOf Roman Empire
Roman Republic
ancient Umbria
playedRoleIn Second Punic War
preRomanInhabitants Umbrians ONNED1
preRomanLanguage Umbrian
regionInAntiquity Regio VI Umbria et Ager Gallicus
religionInRomanPeriod Roman polytheism
servedAs strategic military stronghold
statusInRomanPeriod colonia
municipium
successfullyResisted Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
surface form: Hannibal
yearOfHannibalAttack 217 BC

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

Umbrians majorSite Spoletium
Spoleto foundedAs Spoletium
Spoletium hasLatinName Spoletium self-link