Zancle

E54818

ancient Greek city polis

Zancle was an ancient Greek city in Sicily, known later as Messana (modern Messina), and was one of the key colonies of Magna Graecia.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city → polis →
archaeologicalRemainsAt	Messina area →
belongsToCategory	Ancient Greek cities in Sicily → Former populated places in Italy →
conflictedWith	indigenous Sicel populations →
culture	Ancient Greek →
economyBasedOn	agriculture → maritime trade →
ethnicGroup	Chalcidian Greeks →
foundationPeriod	8th century BC →
foundedBy	Greek colonists → settlers from Chalcis → settlers from Euboea →
hadColonialRelationsWith	Rhegion →
hadHarbor	important commercial port →
hadPoliticalForm	oligarchy → tyranny →
influenced	urban development of Messana →
language	Ancient Greek →
laterKnownAs	Messana →
locatedIn	Italy → Magna Graecia → Mediterranean region → Sicily →
locatedOn	Strait of Messina → northeastern coast of Sicily →
modernCountry	Italy →
modernLocation	Messina →
modernRegion	Sicily →
nameEtymology	possibly derived from a word meaning "sickle" →
partOf	Greek colonial network in the western Mediterranean → Greek world →
region	Magna Graecia →
religion	ancient Greek polytheism →
renamedTo	Messana →
strategicImportance	control of sea routes between Italy and Sicily →
timePeriod	Archaic Greece → Classical Greece →
topography	harbor shaped like a sickle →
wasConqueredBy	Anaxilas of Rhegion → Samians →
wasDestroyedOrTransformed	absorbed into Messana →
wasImportantFor	Greek expansion in western Mediterranean →
wasRenamedBy	Anaxilas of Rhegion →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rhegium →	alliedWith
Messina →	ancientName
Rhegium →	foundedBy
Naxos (Sicily) →	foundedColonies
Magna Graecia →	hasPart