Larisa (ancient city)
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Larisa was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Thessaly, known as a political and cultural center of the area.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
→
polis → |
| connectedBy | ancient road network of Thessaly → |
| coordinateApprox | 39.64°N 22.42°E → |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
→
surface form: "Ancient Greece"
|
| currencyUsed | Thessalian coinage → |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Classical period of Ancient Greece
→
Hellenistic period → Roman period → |
| governedBy |
Thessalians
→
surface form: "Thessalian aristocracy"
|
| hadBuilding |
acropolis
→
agora → theater → |
| hadFortifications | city walls → |
| hadInstitution |
local council (boule)
→
popular assembly (ekklesia) → |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | remains beneath modern Larissa → |
| hasModernSuccessor | Larissa → |
| inhabitedBy | Thessalians → |
| knownFor |
cultural activities
→
political influence in Thessaly → strategic location in the Thessalian plain → |
| languageUsed | Ancient Greek → |
| locatedIn |
Thessaly
→
central Greece → |
| locatedInValley |
Thessaly
→
surface form: "Thessalian plain"
|
| locatedOnRiver |
Pineios River
→
surface form: "Peneus River"
|
| mentionedBy |
Herodotus
→
Livy → Strabo → Thucydides → |
| modernCountry | Greece → |
| partOf | Thessalian League → |
| politicalRole | center of Thessalian federal institutions → |
| politicalStatus | regional hegemon in Thessaly → |
| regionType | Thessalian city-state → |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion → |
| servedAs |
cultural center of Thessaly
→
political center of Thessaly → |
| subregion | Pelasgiotis → |
| timeInhabitedFrom | at least Archaic period → |
| timeInhabitedUntil | late antiquity → |
| wasCapitalOf | Thessaly → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.