Himera

E56141

ancient Greek city

Himera was an ancient Greek city on the northern coast of Sicily, notable for its strategic location and its role in the Greco-Punic conflicts, including the famous Battle of Himera in 480 BCE.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Himera canonical	15
Selinus	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ
alliedWith	Akragas ⓘ Syracuse ⓘ
attackedBy	Punic (Carthaginian) people ⓘ surface form: Carthaginians
borderedPoliticalSpheres	Magna Graecia ⓘ surface form: Greek Sicily Punic Sicily ⓘ
culture	Greek ⓘ
currentSiteManagedBy	Parco Archeologico di Himera, Solunto e Iato ⓘ
defendedBy	Gelon of Gela ⓘ surface form: Gelon of Syracuse Theron of Akragas ⓘ
destroyedBy	Punic (Carthaginian) people ⓘ surface form: Carthaginians
destroyedInYear	409 BCE ⓘ
foundedAroundYear	648 BCE ⓘ
foundedBy	Greek colonists ⓘ colonists from Syracuse ⓘ colonists from Zancle ⓘ
foundedInCentury	7th century BCE ⓘ
hadSanctuaryOf	Athena ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Temple of Victory at Himera ⓘ lower city excavation area ⓘ necropolis ⓘ
hasStrategicLocation	between Greek and Punic spheres of influence in Sicily ⓘ
knownFor	major Greek victory over Carthage in 480 BCE ⓘ role in Greco-Punic conflicts ⓘ urban planning of Greek colonial city ⓘ
locatedIn	Sicily ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Italy ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Magna Graecia ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northern coast of Sicily ⓘ
locatedInValleyOf	Imera River ⓘ
locatedNear	modern comune of Termini Imerese ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
mentionedBy	Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Herodotus ⓘ Thucydides ⓘ
opposedBy	Hamilcar I of Carthage ⓘ
participatedInConflict	Greco-Punic wars ⓘ
partOf	Greek colonization movement ⓘ surface form: Greek colonial network in the western Mediterranean
primaryLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek polytheism ⓘ
siteOf	Battle of Himera ⓘ surface form: Battle of Himera (409 BCE) Battle of Himera ⓘ surface form: Battle of Himera (480 BCE)
successorSettlement	Thermae Himerenses ⓘ Thermae Himerenses ⓘ surface form: Thermae Himerenses (modern Termini Imerese)
timeOfFlourishing	6th century BCE ⓘ early 5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Magna Graecia → hasPart → Himera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selinus

Naxos (Sicily) → foundedColonies → Himera ⓘ

Chalcidians → colonized → Himera ⓘ

Hippocrates of Gela → placeOfDeath → Himera ⓘ

Hippocrates of Gela → conflictWith → Himera ⓘ

Temple of Victory at Himera → locatedIn → Himera ⓘ

Thermae Himerenses → locatedNear → Himera ⓘ

Thermae Himerenses → foundedNearSiteOf → Himera ⓘ

Thermae Himerenses → namedAfter → Himera ⓘ

Thermae Himerenses → successorOf → Himera ⓘ

Parco Archeologico di Himera, Solunto e Iato → overseesSite → Himera ⓘ

Parco Archeologico di Himera, Solunto e Iato → namedAfter → Himera ⓘ

Battle of Himera → location → Himera ⓘ

Chalcidian Greeks → foundedColony → Himera ⓘ

Western Greek world → hasPart → Himera ⓘ