Rudiae

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ancient town archaeological site former populated place

Rudiae was an ancient Messapian and later Romanized town in southern Italy, historically notable as the birthplace of the poet Ennius.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
former populated place ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavations 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
associatedWith Messapian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanization of Apulia ⓘ
birthplaceOf Ennius NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinateRegion southeastern Italian Peninsula ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culture Messapian NERFINISHED ⓘ
declinePeriod late Roman period ⓘ
distanceFromLecce approximately 2–3 km southwest ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature amphitheatre ⓘ
ceramic finds ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
ceramic production ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Messapians NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOfSettlement oppidum ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological area of national interest (Italy) ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
Messapic NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterCulture Roman NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Apulia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Salento NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Lecce NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Lupiae ⓘ
modernMunicipality Lecce NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being the birthplace of the poet Ennius ⓘ
partOf Magna Graecia NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionDuringRomanPeriod Regio II Apulia et Calabria NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
pre-Roman Italy ⓘ
wasRomanized true ⓘ

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

Ennius → birthPlace → Rudiae ⓘ
Messapians → capitalOrMajorCenter → Rudiae ⓘ