Croton

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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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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 ⓘ

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

Metapontum → alliedWith → Croton ⓘ
Sybaris → conflictedWith → Croton ⓘ
Sybaris → destroyedBy → Croton ⓘ
Magna Graecia → hasPart → Croton ⓘ
Bruttium → importantCity → Croton ⓘ
Pythagoras → residence → Croton ⓘ