Copia Thurii

E801984

Copia Thurii was a later Roman colony in southern Italy that succeeded the ancient Greek city of Thurii, reflecting its reorganization and renewed settlement under Roman rule.

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Copia Thurii canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colony
ancient city
country Roman Republic
culturalLayer Greek heritage
Romanization
economyBasedOn agriculture
trade
foundedOnSiteOf Thurii
hasArchaeologicalRemains fortifications
inscriptions
urban structures
hasHistoricalRole agricultural colony
strategic settlement
languageUsed Latin
locatedIn Calabria
Italian Peninsula
Magna Graecia
southern Italy
locatedInValley Crathis River valley
locatedNear Gulf of Taranto
modernRegion Calabria, Italy
modernSiteNear Sibari
Thurio
namedAfter Thurii
partOf Bruttium (Roman administrative region)
linked to: Bruttium

Roman colonization of Magna Graecia
politicalStatus Roman colonia
precededBy Thurii
previousPrimaryLanguageOfSite Greek
region Gulf of Taranto area
linked to: Gulf of Taranto
reorganizedFrom Thurii
successorSettlement medieval and modern settlements in the Thurio–Sibari area
successorTo Thurii
timePeriod Roman Republican period
linked to: Roman Republic
urbanContinuityFrom Greek city of Thurii

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Thurii laterRecolonizedAs Copia Thurii