Clusium

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Clusium was an important ancient Etruscan city, known for its strategic location in central Italy and its significant role in early Roman history.

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Label Occurrences
Clusium canonical 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Etruscan city
Etruscan king
ancient city
archaeological site
ancientNameInEtruscan Clevsin
ancientNameInLatin Clusium self-link
conflictWith early Roman Republic
connectedBy ancient road network
culture Etruscans
surface form: Etruscan civilization
economy agriculture
trade
floruit 5th century BCE
6th century BCE
governedBy Etruscans
surface form: Etruscan kings
hasArchaeologicalFeature Etruscan necropolis
chamber tombs
rock-cut tombs
hasArchaeologicalFind Etruscan pottery
Etruscan sarcophagi
inscribed cippi
hasRemainsOf city walls
subterranean tomb complexes
historicalEvent siege of Rome by Lars Porsenna
knownFor Etruscan tombs
rich funerary art
role in early Roman history
strategic location
languageUsed Etruscan language
laterIncorporatedInto Roman Republic
laterLanguageUsed Latin
locatedIn Etruria
central Italy
memberOf Etruscan League
mentionedInSource Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy
modernCountry Italy
modernLocation Chiusi
nearbyAncientCity Arretium
Perusia
notableRuler Lars Porsenna
partOfRegion Tuscia
politicalStatus Etruscan city-state
religion Etruscan religion
roleInEvent starting point of Porsenna’s campaign against Rome
romanAdministrativeStatus municipium
ruled Clusium self-linksurface differs
situatedNear Val di Chiana
strategicRole controlled routes between northern and central Italy
typeOfFortification hilltop settlement

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

Etruria majorCity Clusium
Chiusi historicalName Clusium
Clusium ancientNameInLatin Clusium self-link
Clusium ruled Clusium self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Lars Porsenna
Etruscan League member Clusium
Clevsin latinName Clusium