Rhegion

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ancient Greek city polis

Rhegion was an important ancient Greek city located at the southern tip of Italy, strategically positioned on the Strait of Messina.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city ⓘ
polis ⓘ
coinage bronze coins ⓘ
silver coins ⓘ
conqueredBy Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
conqueredInYear 387 BC ⓘ
country Magna Graecia ⓘ
culture Greek ⓘ
destroyedBy Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
foundedBy Chalcidians ⓘ
Greek colonists ⓘ
Messenian exiles ⓘ
foundedInCentury 8th century BC ⓘ
hasHarbor yes ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterName Rhegium ⓘ
surface form: Rhegium Julium
laterPoliticalSystem tyranny ⓘ
locatedBetween Ionian Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Calabria ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
locatedInSeaRegion Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Strait of Messina ⓘ
toe of the Italian Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOpposite Messana ⓘ
mainDeity Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
mentionedBy Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
modernCountry Italy ⓘ
modernLocation Reggio Calabria ⓘ
neighboringEntity Locri Epizephyrii ⓘ
Zankle ⓘ
partOf Magna Graecia ⓘ
surface form: Greater Greece

Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
politicalSystem oligarchy ⓘ
rebuiltBy Romans ⓘ
region Bruttium ⓘ
regionType coastal city ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
RomanName Rhegium ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Strait of Messina ⓘ
maritime trade route between Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas ⓘ
usedAlphabet Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Magna Graecia → hasPart → Rhegion ⓘ