Sikeloi
E482093
Sikeloi is the Greek name for the ancient Sicel people, an indigenous population of eastern Sicily known from classical antiquity.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Sicel culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidenceType |
burial sites
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ settlement remains ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Sicilia interior
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Sicilian hinterland ⓘ |
| associatedWithToponym | Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedBy |
Greek sources
ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Greek colonies in Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalInfluenceFrom |
Greek colonists
ⓘ
Italic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultureType | Italic (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| economyType | agropastoral ⓘ |
| ethnonymLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| eventuallyIntegratedInto |
Greek colonial world in Sicily
ⓘ
Roman provincial system in Sicily ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Sicels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek | Σικελοί NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inhabitedRegion |
central Sicily
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
ancient literary tradition
ⓘ
archaeological evidence in Sicily ⓘ |
| languageStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Diodorus Siculus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringPeople |
Elymians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greeks in Sicily ⓘ Phoenicians in Sicily ⓘ Sicani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguageFamily | Indo-European (hypothesized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | tribal communities ⓘ |
| possibleEtymology | connected to the name of Sicily (Sikelia) ⓘ |
| regionInAntiquity | Magna Graecia (peripheral) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionType | polytheism ⓘ |
| statusInClassicalSources | indigenous inhabitants of Sicily ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | Greek alphabet (for some inscriptions) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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