Lucania

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ancient region historical region of Italy

Lucania was an ancient region of southern Italy inhabited by the Lucani people, corresponding largely to modern Basilicata and parts of Campania and Calabria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region of Italy ⓘ
administrativeStatusUnderRome Roman region ⓘ
borderedBy Apulia ⓘ
Bruttium ⓘ
Campania ⓘ
Samnium ⓘ
capital Potentia ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman Republic ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
correspondsTo modern Basilicata ⓘ
ethnicallyAssociatedWith Lucani ⓘ
Oscan culture ⓘ
surface form: Oscan peoples
hasCoastOn Gulf of Tarentum ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
hasDemonym Lucanian ⓘ
hasPeople Bruttians ⓘ
surface form: Lucanians
inhabitedBy Lucani ⓘ
knownFor Greek colonies on the coast ⓘ
mix of Italic and Greek cultures ⓘ
mountainous interior ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
Oscan language ⓘ
surface form: Oscan
laterAdministrativeUnit Regio III Lucania et Bruttii ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
majorCity Bantia ⓘ
Grumentum ⓘ
Heraclea ⓘ
Metapontum ⓘ
Paestum ⓘ
Sybaris ⓘ
Thurii ⓘ
Velia ⓘ
Venusia ⓘ
modernCountry Italy ⓘ
modernEquivalent Basilicata ⓘ
partiallyCorrespondsTo modern Calabria ⓘ
modern Campania ⓘ
partOf Magna Graecia ⓘ
religionPracticed ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ancient Italic religion ⓘ
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Empire era ⓘ
Roman Republic era ⓘ
traversedBy Apennines ⓘ
surface form: Apennine Mountains

Referenced by (16)

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

Libius Severus → birthPlace → Lucania ⓘ
Bruttium → borderedBy → Lucania ⓘ
Samnium → borders → Lucania ⓘ
Saint Vitus → deathPlace → Lucania ⓘ
ancient Italy → hasPart → Lucania ⓘ
Basilicata → historicalRegion → Lucania ⓘ
Lucani → inhabitedRegion → Lucania ⓘ
Bantia → locatedIn → Lucania ⓘ
Oscan language → region → Lucania ⓘ
Sybaris → region → Lucania ⓘ
Metapontum → regionInAntiquity → Lucania ⓘ
Sabellian → spokenIn → Lucania ⓘ
Basilicata → traditionalName → Lucania ⓘ
Oscan alphabet → usedInRegion → Lucania ⓘ