Tarentum

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Greek colony ancient Greek city polis

Tarentum was an important ancient Greek colony in southern Italy, known for its strategic harbor, economic prosperity, and cultural influence in the region of Magna Graecia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony ⓘ
ancient Greek city ⓘ
polis ⓘ
afterConquestStatus Roman municipium ⓘ
alliedWith Epirus ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
capturedBy Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
coinIconography Taras on dolphin ⓘ
rider on dolphin ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
foughtWar Pyrrhic War ⓘ
foundedBy Partheniae ⓘ
Phalanthos ⓘ
Spartan colonists ⓘ
hadColony Heraclea ⓘ
surface form: Heraclea in Lucania
hasApproximateFoundationDate 706 BC ⓘ
8th century BC ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Taranto archaeological area ⓘ
hasCaptureDate 272 BC ⓘ
hasCulturalSphere Hellenism ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic world
hasDialect Doric Greek ⓘ
hasGovernmentType democracy ⓘ
oligarchy ⓘ
hasHarbor natural harbor ⓘ
strategic harbor ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasMuseum National Archaeological Museum of Taranto ⓘ
hasNotableMathematician Archytas ⓘ
surface form: Archytas of Tarentum
hasNotablePhilosopher Archytas ⓘ
surface form: Archytas of Tarentum
hasNotablePoet Leonidas of Tarentum ⓘ
Rhinthon of Tarentum ⓘ
hasOriginalName Taras ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus independent city-state ⓘ
hasRegionType coastal city ⓘ
hasRiver Taras River ⓘ
invitedAsMilitaryLeader Alexander of Epirus ⓘ
Archidamus III ⓘ
Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
involvedInConflictWith Lucanians ⓘ
Messapians ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
knownFor Pythagorean tradition ⓘ
coinage ⓘ
cultural influence ⓘ
economic prosperity ⓘ
naval power ⓘ
philosophical activity ⓘ
locatedIn Magna Graecia ⓘ
region of Apulia ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
locatedOn Gulf of Tarentum ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Taranto

Ionian Sea ⓘ
minted bronze coins ⓘ
silver coins ⓘ
modernCountry Italy ⓘ
modernLocation Taranto ⓘ
namedAfter mythical hero Taras ⓘ
opponentInWar Roman Republic ⓘ
partOf Magna Graecia ⓘ
religiousCult Apollo Karneios ⓘ
surface form: Apollo

Artemis ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
timeOfGreatestProsperity 4th century BC ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Metapontum → alliedWith → Tarentum ⓘ
Pyrrhic War → belligerent → Tarentum ⓘ
Archytas → birthPlace → Tarentum ⓘ
Archytas → citizenship → Tarentum ⓘ
Lucani → conflictedWith → Tarentum ⓘ
Via Appia → connects → Tarentum ⓘ
Magna Graecia → hasPart → Tarentum ⓘ
Pyrrhic War → hasParticipant → Tarentum ⓘ
ancient Italy → majorCity → Tarentum ⓘ
Apollo Karneios → veneratedIn → Tarentum ⓘ