Croton

E52278

ancient Greek city polis

Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Croton canonical	27

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ polis ⓘ
approximateFoundationDate	c. 710 BC ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	spread of Pythagorean doctrines in Magna Graecia ⓘ
countryDuringClassicalPeriod	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
defeatOfSybaris	c. 510 BC ⓘ
destroyedCity	Sybaris ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
engagedInWarWith	Sybaris ⓘ
ethnicCharacter	Achaean Greek colony ⓘ
foundedBy	Greek colonists from Achaea ⓘ
foundedInCentury	8th century BC ⓘ
geographicalFeatureNearby	Esaro River ⓘ
hadInstitution	medical school of Croton ⓘ
hadReputationFor	health and physical fitness of its citizens ⓘ
hadSanctuaryOf	Hera Lacinia ⓘ
hosted	Pythagoreanism ⓘ surface form: Pythagorean brotherhood
knownFor	Pythagorean philosophical community ⓘ athletic achievements ⓘ medical school ⓘ success at the Olympic Games ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterCameUnderControlOf	Bruttians ⓘ Lucanians ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
locatedIn	Magna Graecia ⓘ region of Bruttium ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
locatedInPresentDay	Crotone, Calabria, Italy ⓘ
militaryLeaderInWarWithSybaris	Milo of Croton ⓘ
modernSuccessorSettlement	Crotone ⓘ
nearbySanctuaryLocation	Cape Lacinion ⓘ
notableCitizen	Democedes of Croton ⓘ Milo of Croton ⓘ Pythagoras ⓘ surface form: Pythagoras of Samos
partOf	Greek colonies in Italy ⓘ
peakProsperityPeriod	6th century BC ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Pythagoreanism ⓘ
politicalStructure	oligarchic government at various periods ⓘ
regionInRomanPeriod	Bruttium ⓘ
regionType	coastal city ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
RomanName	Crotona ⓘ
situatedOn	Ionian Sea coast ⓘ
traditionalFounder	Myskellos of Rhypes ⓘ
typeOfSettlement	port city ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Magna Graecia → hasPart → Croton ⓘ

Pythagoras → residence → Croton ⓘ

Bruttium → importantCity → Croton ⓘ

Sybaris → destroyedBy → Croton ⓘ

Sybaris → conflictedWith → Croton ⓘ

Metapontum → alliedWith → Croton ⓘ

Pythagoreanism → originatedInCity → Croton ⓘ

Philolaus → birthPlace → Croton ⓘ

Regio III Lucania et Bruttii → containsCity → Croton ⓘ

Brettia → hasMajorAncientCity → Croton ⓘ

Crotone, Calabria, Italy → historicalName → Croton ⓘ

subject surface form: Crotone

Myskellos of Rhypes → residence → Croton ⓘ

Myskellos of Rhypes → associatedWith → Croton ⓘ

Myskellos of Rhypes → foundingLocation → Croton ⓘ

Milo of Croton → citizenship → Croton ⓘ

Milo of Croton → placeOfOrigin → Croton ⓘ

Hera Lacinia → locatedNear → Croton ⓘ

Hera Lacinia → associatedWithPoliticalLifeOf → Croton ⓘ

Cape Lacinion → locatedNear → Croton ⓘ

Crotone → historicalName → Croton ⓘ

Achaean colonies in Magna Graecia → notableColony → Croton ⓘ

Democedes of Croton → placeOfOrigin → Croton ⓘ

Democedes of Croton → placeOfBirth → Croton ⓘ

Democedes of Croton → residence → Croton ⓘ

Democedes of Croton → allegiance → Croton ⓘ

Crotona → hasGreekName → Croton ⓘ

Western Greek world → hasPart → Croton ⓘ