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.

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	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 →
hasNearbyRiver	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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Polyzalus of Gela →	associatedWith
Aeschylus →	deathPlace
Sicily →	hasCity
Gela →	hasModernNameInItalian
Magna Graecia →	hasPart
Polyzalus of Gela →	placeOfActivity