ancient Italy
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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.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ancient Italy canonical | 21 |
| Ancient Italy | 6 |
| Iron Age Italy | 4 |
| Ancient Italy (Magna Graecia) | 1 |
| Archaic period of Italy | 1 |
| Bronze Age Italy | 1 |
| Italy (ancient Italic regions) | 1 |
| archaic Rome | 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 (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ancient Italy (Magna Graecia)
this entity surface form:
Iron Age Italy
this entity surface form:
Archaic period of Italy
this entity surface form:
Ancient Italy
this entity surface form:
Iron Age Italy
this entity surface form:
archaic Rome
this entity surface form:
Iron Age Italy
this entity surface form:
Ancient Italy
this entity surface form:
Bronze Age Italy
this entity surface form:
Ancient Italy
this entity surface form:
Italy (ancient Italic regions)
this entity surface form:
Ancient Italy
this entity surface form:
Iron Age Italy