Italica

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Italica was an ancient Roman city in Hispania (near modern Seville, Spain), notable as the birthplace of emperors Trajan and Hadrian.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman city
archaeological site
abandonedBy Middle Ages
amphitheatreCapacity about 25000 spectators
amphitheatreInstanceOf Roman amphitheatre
associatedWithEmperor Hadrian
Trajan
birthplaceOf Hadrian
Trajan
country Spain
culture Roman
declinePeriod Late Antiquity
evolvedTo colonia
municipium
foundedAs settlement for Roman veterans
foundedBy Scipio Africanus
surface form: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
foundedInYear 206 BC
hasDistrict Vetus Urbs
surface form: Nova Urbs

Vetus Urbs
hasRemainsFromPeriod Imperial period
Republican period
hasStructure amphitheatre
baths
mosaicked houses
streets with colonnades
theatre
heritageDesignation archaeological zone
languageUsed Latin
laterRegionInRomanTimes Andalusia
surface form: Hispania Baetica
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Hispania

Roman Spain
surface form: Roman province of Baetica
locatedInMunicipality Santiponce
locatedInPresentDay Spain
locatedInRegion Andalusia NERFINISHED
locatedNear Seville NERFINISHED
modernAccessFromCity Seville NERFINISHED
nearRiver Guadalquivir River
surface form: Guadalquivir
notableFor large amphitheatre
mosaics
urban planning
NovaUrbsDevelopment Hadrianic expansion
originalFunction military settlement
partOf Roman Empire
peakDevelopmentPeriod 2nd century AD
provinceCapitalOf none
regionInRomanTimes Hispania Ulterior
religionInRomanPeriod Roman polytheism
tourismType cultural tourism
urbanLayoutType orthogonal street plan

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

Hadrian birthPlace Italica
Trajan birthPlace Italica