Veii

E86663

Etruscan city ancient city archaeological site

Veii was a major ancient Etruscan city in central Italy, known for its wealth, strategic importance, and eventual conquest by Rome in 396 BCE.

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Label	Occurrences
Veii canonical	20

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Etruscan city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
capturedUnder	Marcus Furius Camillus ⓘ
conflict	Roman–Etruscan wars ⓘ
conqueredBy	Roman Republic ⓘ Rome ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Etruscans ⓘ surface form: Etruscan civilization
dateOfConquest	396 BCE ⓘ
distanceFromRome	about 16 kilometers northwest ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ craft production ⓘ trade ⓘ
era	Iron Age ⓘ
excavated	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
famousArtifact	Apollo of Veii statue ⓘ
floruit	5th century BCE ⓘ 6th century BCE ⓘ 7th century BCE ⓘ
hasNecropolis	Etruscan necropolis at Veii ⓘ
hasSite	Portonaccio sanctuary ⓘ
hasTemple	Temple of Apollo at Veii ⓘ
heritageDesignation	important archaeological area of Italy ⓘ
knownFor	conflict with early Rome ⓘ strategic importance ⓘ wealth ⓘ
language	Etruscan language ⓘ
locatedIn	Etruria ⓘ central Italy ⓘ
locatedNear	Cremera River ⓘ Rome ⓘ Tiber ⓘ surface form: Tiber River
modernMunicipality	Formello ⓘ Isola Farnese ⓘ
nearModernLocality	Isola Farnese ⓘ surface form: Isola Farnese, Rome
notableRiver	Cremera ⓘ
partOf	Etruscan League ⓘ
politicalStatusBeforeConquest	independent Etruscan city-state ⓘ
regionToday	Lazio ⓘ
religion	Etruscan religion ⓘ
siegeDuration	about 10 years ⓘ
statusAfterConquest	Roman colony area ⓘ Roman territory ⓘ
strategicFeature	fortified defenses ⓘ plateau location ⓘ
urbanPlanning	Etruscan urbanism ⓘ

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

Etruria → capital → Veii ⓘ

Etruria → majorCity → Veii ⓘ

Etruscans → majorCity → Veii ⓘ

ancient Italy → majorCity → Veii ⓘ

Etruscan art → centerOfProduction → Veii ⓘ

Villanovan culture → hasSite → Veii ⓘ

Etruscan League → member → Veii ⓘ

Formello → hasHistoricalTieTo → Veii ⓘ

Formello → nearbyAncientCity → Veii ⓘ

Isola Farnese → near → Veii ⓘ

Portonaccio sanctuary → locatedIn → Veii ⓘ

Temple of Apollo at Veii → locatedIn → Veii ⓘ

Temple of Apollo at Veii → ancientCity → Veii ⓘ

Apollo of Veii statue → originalSite → Veii ⓘ

subject surface form: Apollo of Veii

Roman–Etruscan wars → hasParticipant → Veii ⓘ

Cremera → historicallyAssociatedWith → Veii ⓘ

Cremera → nearbyAncientCity → Veii ⓘ

Etruscan necropolis at Veii → locatedIn → Veii ⓘ

Etruscan architecture → notableSite → Veii ⓘ

Apollo of Veii → placeOfOrigin → Veii ⓘ