ancient Italy

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cultural-historical concept historical region

Ancient Italy refers to the Italian peninsula during prehistoric and early historic periods, encompassing diverse cultures such as the Etruscans, Latins, and other Italic peoples before and during the rise of Rome.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Ancient Italy 1
Ancient Italy (Magna Graecia) 1
Archaic period of Italy 1
Iron Age Italy 1

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural-historical concept ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Apennine culture ⓘ
Latial culture ⓘ
Terramare culture ⓘ
Villanovan culture ⓘ
borderedBy Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Alps ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Roman art ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
Roman army ⓘ
surface form: Roman military organization

Roman religion ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
followedBy Late Antiquity in Italy ⓘ
Roman Italy under the Empire ⓘ
hasPart Apulia ⓘ
Bruttium ⓘ
Campania ⓘ
Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
Etruria ⓘ
Latium ⓘ
Lucania ⓘ
Samnium ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Sicily (in some ancient definitions of Italy)

Veneto ⓘ
surface form: Venetia (ancient region)
inhabitedBy Bruttians ⓘ
Lepontic Celts ⓘ
surface form: Celts of Cisalpine Gaul

Etruscans ⓘ
Magna Graecia ⓘ
surface form: Greeks in Magna Graecia

Latins ⓘ
Ligurians ⓘ
surface form: Ligures

Lucanians ⓘ
Oscan culture ⓘ
surface form: Oscans

Phoenicians in western Sicily and Sardinia ⓘ
Sabines ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
Umbrians ⓘ
Veneti ⓘ
surface form: Veneti (ancient people)
knownFor development of the Roman state ⓘ
interaction between Italic, Etruscan, Greek, and Phoenician cultures ⓘ
languageFamily Italic languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Etruscan language ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan

Latin ⓘ
Oscan language ⓘ
surface form: Oscan

Umbrian ⓘ
legalStatusUnderRome Roman municipia and colonies ⓘ
Socii (Italian allies) ⓘ
locatedIn Italian Peninsula ⓘ
majorCity Capua ⓘ
Cumae ⓘ
Neapolis ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Syracuse, Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Syracuse (when Sicily included in Italy by Romans)

Tarentum ⓘ
Veii ⓘ
partOf ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
politicalStructure city-states ⓘ
tribal communities ⓘ
precededBy prehistoric Italy ⓘ
religion Etruscan religion ⓘ
Italic polytheism ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
significantEvent Latin War ⓘ
Pyrrhic War ⓘ
Roman unification of the Italian peninsula ⓘ
Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ
surface form: Samnite Wars

Second Punic War ⓘ
surface form: Second Punic War (campaigns in Italy)
timePeriod ancient Italy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Archaic period of Italy

ancient Italy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iron Age Italy

Republican period of ancient Rome ⓘ
prehistory of Italy ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Parmenides → countryOfOrigin → ancient Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Italy (Magna Graecia)
Sabines → cultureArea → ancient Italy ⓘ
Hasdrubal Barca → historicalRegion → ancient Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Italy
Picenum → locatedIn → ancient Italy ⓘ
Iron Age → occursIn → ancient Italy ⓘ
Samnium → partOf → ancient Italy ⓘ
Vestini → partOf → ancient Italy ⓘ
North Picene → spokenIn → ancient Italy ⓘ
ancient Italy → timePeriod → ancient Italy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Age Italy
ancient Italy → timePeriod → ancient Italy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archaic period of Italy