Lucania

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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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lucania canonical 52
Lucania et Bruttii 1
coast of Lucania (ancient) 1

Statements (47)

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 (54)

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

Oscan language region Lucania
Oscan alphabet usedInRegion Lucania
Samnium borders Lucania
Bruttium borderedBy Lucania
Bantia locatedIn Lucania
Sybaris region Lucania
Saint Vitus deathPlace Lucania
Metapontum regionInAntiquity Lucania
Basilicata historicalRegion Lucania
Basilicata traditionalName Lucania
ancient Italy hasPart Lucania
Libius Severus birthPlace Lucania
Lucani inhabitedRegion Lucania
Sabellian spokenIn Lucania
Charlie Lucky familyName Lucania
subject surface form: Lucky Luciano
Salvatore Lucania familyName Lucania
Elea locatedOn Lucania
this entity surface form: coast of Lucania (ancient)
Paestum regionHistorically Lucania
Potentia locatedIn Lucania
Potentia chiefUrbanCenterOf Lucania
Potentia historicalRegion Lucania
Heraclea locatedIn Lucania
Velia locatedIn Lucania
Velia regionInAntiquity Lucania
Grumentum locatedIn Lucania
Grumentum historicalRegion Lucania
Venusia locatedIn Lucania
Venusia provinceInEmpire Lucania
this entity surface form: Lucania et Bruttii
Brettia borderedBy Lucania
Oenotrians inhabitedRegion Lucania
Tetricus I laterOfficeRegion Lucania
Battle of the Silarus region Lucania
Banzi historicalRegion Lucania
Oscan culture region Lucania
Laus locatedInRegion Lucania
Scidrus region Lucania
river Siris locatedInRegion Lucania
Lucanians inhabitedRegion Lucania
Temple of Hera locatedInHistoricalRegion Lucania
subject surface form: Temple of Hera (Metapontum)
Temple of Athena locatedInHistoricalRegion Lucania
subject surface form: Temple of Athena (Metapontum)