Gela

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ancient Greek city former colony human settlement

Gela is an ancient Greek colonial city on the southern coast of Sicily that was a significant center of Magna Graecia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gela canonical	27
Gela, Sicily	1
ancient city of Gela	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ former colony ⓘ human settlement ⓘ
coinage	ancient Greek silver coins ⓘ
coinageDepicts	forepart of a man-headed bull ⓘ naked horseman ⓘ
colonized	Akragas ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
destroyedBy	Punic (Carthaginian) people ⓘ surface form: Carthaginians
destroyedInYear	405 BC ⓘ
expandedPowerOver	eastern and central Sicily ⓘ
foundedBy	Antiphemos of Rhodes ⓘ Entimos of Crete ⓘ Greek colonists from Crete ⓘ Greek colonists from Rhodes ⓘ
foundedInCentury	7th century BC ⓘ
foundedInYear	688 BC ⓘ
governedBy	tyranny of Gelon of Gela ⓘ tyranny of Hippocrates of Gela ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature	Greek fortifications ⓘ acropolis ⓘ necropolis ⓘ sanctuaries ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	archaeological area of Gela ⓘ
hasHeritage	Greek archaeological heritage ⓘ
hasModernNameInGreek	Γέλα ⓘ
hasModernNameInItalian	Gela self-link ⓘ
hasNearbyRiver	river Gela ⓘ surface form: Gela (river)
languageOfColonists	Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterRebuiltBy	Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
locatedOn	southern coast of Sicily ⓘ
modernAdministrativeDivision	Province of Caltanissetta ⓘ
modernSuccessor	modern city of Gela ⓘ
namedAfter	river Gela ⓘ
notableRuler	Gelon of Gela ⓘ Hippocrates of Gela ⓘ
partOf	Magna Graecia ⓘ
region	Sicily ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
usedAlphabet	Greek alphabet ⓘ
wasA	major Greek colonial center in Sicily ⓘ
wasImportantFor	cultural influence in Sicily ⓘ trade in Magna Graecia ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Magna Graecia → hasPart → Gela ⓘ

Sicily → hasCity → Gela ⓘ

Aeschylus → deathPlace → Gela ⓘ

Gela → hasModernNameInItalian → Gela self-link ⓘ

Polyzalus of Gela → placeOfActivity → Gela ⓘ

Polyzalus of Gela → associatedWith → Gela ⓘ

Antiphemos of Rhodes → founded → Gela ⓘ

Antiphemos of Rhodes → associatedWith → Gela ⓘ

Entimos of Crete → foundingLocation → Gela ⓘ

river Gela → givesNameTo → Gela ⓘ

river Gela → hasMouthNear → Gela ⓘ

Hippocrates of Gela → countryOfCitizenship → Gela ⓘ

Hippocrates of Gela → ruledCity → Gela ⓘ

Gelon of Gela → placeOfBirth → Gela ⓘ

Gelon of Gela → ruledFrom → Gela ⓘ

Gelon of Gela → residence → Gela ⓘ

archaeological area of Gela → locatedIn → Gela ⓘ

archaeological area of Gela → partOf → Gela ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Gela

Γέλα → hasNameInLanguage → Gela ⓘ

Γέλα → hasModernNameInItalian → Gela ⓘ

Province of Caltanissetta → contains → Gela ⓘ

Province of Caltanissetta → hasMajorCity → Gela ⓘ

Battle of Gela → location → Gela ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gela, Sicily

Catania Centrale railway station → connectsTo → Gela ⓘ

Deinomenid dynasty → mainTerritory → Gela ⓘ

Deinomenid dynasty → originCity → Gela ⓘ

Deinomenid family → centerOfPower → Gela ⓘ

Comiso Airport (nearby) → nearbyCity → Gela ⓘ

subject surface form: Comiso Airport

Western Greek world → hasPart → Gela ⓘ