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.

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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

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

Lucania borderedBy Bruttium
Samnium borders Bruttium
Alaric I deathPlace Bruttium
ancient Italy hasPart Bruttium
Bruttii inhabitedRegion Bruttium
Bruttians nativeTo Bruttium
Rhegium neighboringRegion Bruttium
Oscan language region Bruttium
Rhegion region Bruttium
Croton regionInRomanPeriod Bruttium