Magna Graecia

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ancient Greek colonial region historical region

Magna Graecia refers to the coastal areas of southern Italy and Sicily that were extensively colonized by ancient Greek settlers and became a major center of Hellenic culture in the Western Mediterranean.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Greek colonies of Magna Graecia	2
Campania	1
Great Greece	1
Greater Greece	1
Greek Sicily	1
Greek cities of Magna Graecia	1
Greek city-states of Magna Graecia	1
Greeks in Magna Graecia	1
Greeks of Magna Graecia	1
Magna Graecia and surrounding Italic regions	1
Siceliote Greek cities	1
Sicilian Greek culture	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek colonial region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
capital	none ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Greek culture ⓘ Hellenic culture ⓘ
endTime	3rd century BCE ⓘ
era	Archaic Greece ⓘ Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ surface form: Classical antiquity
floruit	6th century BCE ⓘ
foundedBy	Mycenaean civilization ⓘ surface form: Achaean Greeks Doric Greek ⓘ surface form: Dorian Greeks Greek colonists ⓘ Greeks ⓘ surface form: Ionian Greeks
hasHeritageStatus	important archaeological region ⓘ
hasNotableResident	Archytas ⓘ Empedocles ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ Pythagoras ⓘ Timaeus of Tauromenium ⓘ Zeno of Elea ⓘ
hasPart	Akragas ⓘ Catana ⓘ Croton ⓘ Cumae ⓘ Gela ⓘ Himera ⓘ Locri Epizephyrii ⓘ Metapontum ⓘ Naxos (Sicily) ⓘ Naples ⓘ surface form: Neapolis Sybaris ⓘ surface form: Poseidonia Rhegion ⓘ Rhegium ⓘ Himera ⓘ surface form: Selinus Sybaris ⓘ Syracuse ⓘ Tarentum ⓘ Zancle ⓘ
influenced	Latin literature ⓘ Roman culture ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ
influencedBy	Aegean Greek cities ⓘ mainland Greece ⓘ
knownFor	architecture ⓘ art ⓘ coinage ⓘ mathematics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Italian Peninsula ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Western Mediterranean ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
namedBy	Romans ⓘ
nameMeaning	Magna Graecia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Great Greece
partOf	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Hellenic civilization ancient Greek world ⓘ
religion	Greek polytheism ⓘ ancient Greek religion ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Heraclea ⓘ surface form: Battle of Asculum Battle of Beneventum ⓘ Battle of Heraclea ⓘ Pyrrhic War ⓘ Roman conquest of southern Italy ⓘ
startTime	8th century BCE ⓘ
todayPartlyLocatedIn	Apulia ⓘ Basilicata ⓘ Calabria ⓘ Campania ⓘ Sicily ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

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

Dionysius I of Syracuse → associatedWith → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Empedocles → associatedWith → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicilian Greek culture

Archimedes → birthPlace → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Dionysius I of Syracuse → birthPlace → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Zeno of Elea → birthPlace → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Himera → borderedPoliticalSpheres → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Sicily

Bruttium → cameUnderInfluenceOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek colonies of Magna Graecia

Department of Greek and Roman Art → collectionRegion → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Locrians → colonyLocatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Lucani → conflictedWith → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek colonies of Magna Graecia

Archytas → country → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Rhegion → country → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Sybaris → country → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Locri Epizephyrii → countryDuringAntiquity → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Aeschylus → deathPlace → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Herodotus → deathPlace → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Pythagoras → deathPlace → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Panhellenic cult of Apollo → geographicScope → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Battle of Beneventum → geographicalContext → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Presocratic philosophers → hasLocation → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Pyrrhic War → hasLocation → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Basilicata → historicalAssociation → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Apulia → historicalRegion → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Battle of Heraclea → historicalRegion → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Calabria → historicalRegion → Magna Graecia ⓘ

ancient Italy → inhabitedBy → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greeks in Magna Graecia

Battle of Heraclea → involvedPolities → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek cities of Magna Graecia

Akragas → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Catana → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Croton → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Gela → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Locri Epizephyrii → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Metapontum → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Rhegium → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Tarentum → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Zancle → locatedIn → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Himera → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Roman conquest of southern Italy → location → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Magna Graecia → nameMeaning → Magna Graecia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Greece

Bruttii → neighbouringPeople → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greeks of Magna Graecia

Roman conquest of southern Italy → opponent → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek city-states of Magna Graecia

Pythagoreanism → originatedInRegion → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Bruttium → partOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Capua → partOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magna Graecia and surrounding Italic regions

Catana → partOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siceliote Greek cities

Cumae → partOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Gela → partOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Lucania → partOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Naxos (Sicily) → partOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

Rhegion → partOf → Magna Graecia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Greece