Alalia

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Alalia was an ancient Greek colony founded by settlers from Phocaea on the eastern coast of Corsica.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek colony
ancient city
approximateFoundationCenturyBCE 6th century BCE
archaeologicalSiteType ancient settlement site
associatedPolis Phocaea NERFINISHED
colonizedBy Phocaeans NERFINISHED
conflictWith Carthaginians NERFINISHED
Etruscans NERFINISHED
culture Ancient Greek
economicActivity Mediterranean trade
foundedAs Greek trading colony
foundedBy Greek settlers from Phocaea
function maritime trading center
naval base
involvedIn Battle of Alalia NERFINISHED
languageOfColony Ancient Greek
locatedIn eastern coast of Corsica
locatedInAncientRegion Tyrrhenian Sea region NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay France NERFINISHED
locatedOn island of Corsica NERFINISHED
modernCountry France NERFINISHED
modernNearbyLocation Aleria NERFINISHED
modernRegion Haute-Corse NERFINISHED
partOf Greek colonization of the western Mediterranean NERFINISHED
sea Tyrrhenian Sea NERFINISHED
strategicImportance control of western Mediterranean sea routes
timePeriod Archaic period of ancient Greece

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Phocaea motherCityOf Alalia