Regium Julium

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Regium Julium is the ancient Roman name for the city now known as Reggio Calabria in southern Italy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Regium Iulium 1
Regium Julium canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin toponym
Roman city
ancient city
ancientEthnicName Regini
civilization Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
coastalCity true
continent Europe
culture Roman
foundedAs Greek colony of Rhegion
function commercial center
military outpost
port city
hasAncientNameVariant Regium
Regium Iulium
linked to: Regium Julium
hasModernCountry Italy
hasModernMunicipality Reggio di Calabria
linked to: Reggio Calabria
hasModernProvince Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
hasModernRegion Calabria
incorporatedIntoRome 3rd century BC
language Latin
locatedIn Bruttium
Calabria
Italian Peninsula
Magna Graecia
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
locatedNear Sicily
locatedOn Strait of Messina
Tyrrhenian Sea
toe of the Italian Peninsula
modernEquivalent city of Reggio Calabria
linked to: Reggio Calabria
modernName Reggio Calabria
notableFor maritime trade
strategic military importance in southern Italy
originalGreekName Ῥήγιον (Rhegion)
partOf Roman Empire
Roman Republic
preRomanCivilization Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
preRomanName Rhegion
regionDuringRomanPeriod Bruttium et Lucania
romanStatus colonia
municipium
strategicPosition control of sea routes between Italy and Sicily
successorSettlement Reggio Calabria
timePeriod Classical antiquity
Roman antiquity

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Reggio Calabria historicalName Regium Julium
Regium Julium hasAncientNameVariant Regium Iulium
linked to: Regium Julium