Bruttium
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Bruttium was an ancient region in the southernmost part of the Italian peninsula, roughly corresponding to modern Calabria and inhabited by the Bruttii people.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient region
ⓘ
historical region of Italy ⓘ |
| administrativeStatusUnderRome | part of the regio III Lucania et Bruttii ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Hannibal during the Second Punic War ⓘ |
| ancientNameInGreek | Brettia ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Bruttii ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Ionian Sea
ⓘ
Lucania ⓘ Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ |
| cameUnderControlOf | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cameUnderInfluenceOf |
Magna Graecia
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek colonies of Magna Graecia
|
| capitalOrMainCity | Consentia ⓘ |
| coastlineFeature |
Gulf of Tarentum
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Hipponium
Gulf of Squillace ⓘ Gulf of Tarentum ⓘ |
| ethnogenesis | Bruttii formed from Lucanian and indigenous elements ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfProminence | 4th century BCE to Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| importantCity |
Croton
ⓘ
Hipponium ⓘ Locri Epizephyrii ⓘ
surface form:
Locri
Rhegium ⓘ Terina ⓘ Thurii ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Bruttii ⓘ |
| knownFor |
forests
ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ pastoral economy ⓘ pitch production ⓘ strategic coastal position ⓘ timber resources ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Oscan-speaking population ⓘ |
| laterAdministrativeStatus | part of the Roman province of Bruttium et Lucania ⓘ |
| laterBecamePartOf |
Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine Empire territories in Italy
Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Italian Peninsula ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Strait of Messina ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Livy
ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent | Calabria ⓘ |
| oppositeTo | Sicily ⓘ |
| partOf | Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| preRomanInhabitants |
Greeks
ⓘ
surface form:
Italiotes (Greek colonists)
Oenotrians ⓘ |
| romanConquestCentury | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo | modern Calabria ⓘ |
| sufferedFrom | Roman reprisals after the Second Punic War ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
Apennines
ⓘ
surface form:
Apennine mountains
|
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.