Sikeloi

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Sikeloi is the Greek name for the ancient Sicel people, an indigenous population of eastern Sicily known from classical antiquity.

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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)

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Sicels ethnonymInGreek Sikeloi