Thracian Chersonese

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ancient peninsula historical region

The Thracian Chersonese was an important ancient peninsula in the northern Aegean (modern Gallipoli in Turkey), strategically controlling access between the Aegean and Black Seas and frequently contested by Greek city-states and later empires.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Thracian Chersonese canonical 6
Hellespont region 4
Adrianople region 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient peninsula ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borders Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellespont NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizedBy Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek city-states ⓘ
Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paros NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Persian general Otanes NERFINISHED ⓘ
contestedBy Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlsAccessTo Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCity Aegospotami vicinity ⓘ
Cardia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lampsacus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sestos NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor Athenian grain supply ⓘ
control of Hellespont ⓘ
incorporatedInto Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabitedBy Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thracians NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Greek colonization ⓘ
fertile land ⓘ
military significance ⓘ
laterKnownAs Gallipoli Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Aegean ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Gallipoli Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
mentionedIn Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning Thracian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Athenian sphere of influence ⓘ
ruledBy Miltiades the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miltiades the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatedBy Hellespont NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance control of grain routes from Black Sea to Greece ⓘ
control of sea route between Aegean and Black Seas ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
military bases ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Hecuba (Euripides) → setting → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
Abydos → partOf → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellespont region
Sestos → partOf → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chersonese of Thrace
Sestos → partOf → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellespontine region
Byzantine Emperor Basil I → birthPlace → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
subject surface form: Basil I
this entity surface form: Adrianople region
Pharnabazus II → governedRegion → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellespont region
Arsites → regionRuled → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellespont region
Philaid family → associatedWith → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chersonese (Thracian Chersonese)
Miltiades the Elder as ruler in the Chersonese → territoryRuled → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
Miltiades the Elder as ruler in the Chersonese → territoryRuled → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chersonese
Miltiades the Elder as ruler in the Chersonese → regionOfActivity → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
Miltiades the Elder → placeOfDeath → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
Miltiades the Elder → residence → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
Miltiades the Elder → regionRuled → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellespont region