Sybaris
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Sybaris was an ancient Greek city in southern Italy famed for its immense wealth and legendary luxury.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poseidonia | 1 |
| Sybarites | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Greek city ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Parco Archeologico di Sibari ⓘ |
| citizensKnownAs |
Sybaris
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sybarites
|
| conflictedWith | Croton ⓘ |
| country | Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenic ⓘ |
| destroyedAroundYear | 510 BC ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Croton ⓘ |
| destroyedHow | diversion of the Crathis River over the site ⓘ |
| destroyedInCentury | 6th century BC ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
craft production ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| foundedAroundYear | 720 BC ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Achaeans
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaean Greeks
Arcadians ⓘ
surface form:
Troezenians
|
| foundedInCentury | 8th century BC ⓘ |
| hadColonies |
Laus
ⓘ
Scidrus ⓘ |
| hadPoliticalSystem | oligarchy ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | word "sybarite" meaning lover of luxury ⓘ |
| knownFor |
immense wealth
ⓘ
legendary luxury ⓘ proverbial decadence ⓘ refined lifestyle ⓘ sumptuous banquets ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Crathis River
ⓘ
Sybaris River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calabria
ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
southern Italy
|
| locatedOn |
Gulf of Tarentum
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Taranto
|
| mentionedBy |
Athenaeus
ⓘ
Herodotus ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| modernSiteIn | Province of Cosenza ⓘ |
| modernSiteNear | Sibari ⓘ |
| partOf | Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| populationStatus | one of the most populous cities of Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| refoundedAroundYear | 444 BC ⓘ |
| refoundedAs | Thurii ⓘ |
| refoundedInCentury | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| refoundedUnder |
Pericles
ⓘ
surface form:
Pericles of Athens
|
| region | Lucania ⓘ |
| reputation | symbol of luxury in classical literature ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Archaic Greece ⓘ |
| wealthSource |
control of trade routes
ⓘ
fertile plains ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sybarites
this entity surface form:
Poseidonia