Zancle
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Zancle was an ancient Greek city in Sicily, known later as Messana (modern Messina), and was one of the key colonies of Magna Graecia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zancle canonical | 9 |
| Zancle (Messina) | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
ⓘ
polis ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRemainsAt |
Province of Messina
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Basin ⓘ
surface form:
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 colonization movement
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Rhegium
ⓘ
surface form:
Anaxilas of Rhegion
Samians ⓘ |
| wasDestroyedOrTransformed | absorbed into Messana ⓘ |
| wasImportantFor | Greek expansion in western Mediterranean ⓘ |
| wasRenamedBy |
Anaxilas of Rhegium
ⓘ
surface form:
Anaxilas of Rhegion
|
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.