Rhegium

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Greek colony ancient Greek city polis

Rhegium was an important ancient Greek colony in southern Italy, located at the Strait of Messina and known for its strategic and commercial significance in Magna Graecia.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rhegium canonical 10
Rhegium (Regium Iulium) 2
Rhegium Iulium 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony ⓘ
ancient Greek city ⓘ
polis ⓘ
alliedWith Zancle ⓘ
other Greek cities of Magna Graecia ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman Republic ⓘ
countryInAntiquity Italy ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime commerce ⓘ
engagedIn trade with Greek mainland ⓘ
trade with Sicily ⓘ
trade with Tyrrhenian coast ⓘ
foundedBy Chalcis ⓘ
Ionians ⓘ
surface form: Euboean Greeks

Greek colonists ⓘ
Zancle ⓘ
foundedInCentury 8th century BC ⓘ
governedAs oligarchy ⓘ
polis government ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
hadCultOf Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
hadTyrant Anaxilas of Rhegium ⓘ
involvedIn Pyrrhic War ⓘ
Second Punic War ⓘ
knownFor commercial importance ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
strategic importance ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterControlledBy Romans ⓘ
locatedAt Strait of Messina ⓘ
locatedIn Calabria ⓘ
Magna Graecia ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
locatedOn toe of the Italian Peninsula ⓘ
modernLocation Reggio Calabria ⓘ
neighboringCity Messana ⓘ
neighboringRegion Bruttium ⓘ
partOf Greek world ⓘ
Magna Graecia ⓘ
presentInSource Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
regionType coastal city ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ruledBy Anaxilas of Rhegium ⓘ
strategicRole control of Strait of Messina shipping routes ⓘ
control of access between Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas ⓘ
usedAlphabet Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Magna Graecia → hasPart → Rhegium ⓘ
Bruttium → importantCity → Rhegium ⓘ
Bruttians → capitalOrMainCenter → Rhegium ⓘ
Rhegion → RomanName → Rhegium ⓘ
Rhegion → laterName → Rhegium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhegium Julium
Bruttii → majorCity → Rhegium ⓘ
Chalcis → colonized → Rhegium ⓘ
Julia the Elder → placeOfExile → Rhegium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhegium (Regium Iulium)
Julia the Elder → placeOfDeath → Rhegium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhegium (Regium Iulium)
Regio III Lucania et Bruttii → containsCity → Rhegium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhegium Iulium
Brettia → hasMajorAncientCity → Rhegium ⓘ
Anaxilas of Rhegium → citizenship → Rhegium ⓘ
Anaxilas of Rhegium → placeOfRule → Rhegium ⓘ
Anaxilas of Rhegium → associatedWith → Rhegium ⓘ