Pandosia in Bruttium

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Pandosia in Bruttium was an ancient city in southern Italy, historically notable as the site where Alexander of Epirus was killed.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pandosia (Lucania) 1
Pandosia in Bruttium canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
archaeologicalStatus partially identified
associatedEventDate late 4th century BCE
associatedWith Alexander of Epirus
associatedWithPeople Bruttii
belongsTo ancient cities of Calabria
country Italy
culture Greek
Italic
distinctFrom Pandosia in Epirus
Pandosia in Lucania
event battle in which Alexander of Epirus was killed
hasAlternativeName Pandosia Bruttiorum
linked to: Pandosia
hasHistoricalSourceType ancient literary sources
hasModernStudyField ancient history
classical archaeology
hasNameInAncientGreek Πανδοσία
hasNameInLatin Pandosia
hasNearbyFeature river plain
hasTopography hilly terrain
hasUncertainExactLocation true
historicalEra pre-Roman Italy
historicalSignificance site of royal death
languageUsed Greek language
Latin language
linked to: Latin
laterControlledBy Roman Republic
locatedIn Bruttium
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
locatedInPresentDay Calabria
locatedNear Acheron River (Bruttium)
Cosenza (area)
locatedOn hill
mentionedBy Livy
Plutarch
Strabo
notableFor death of Alexander of Epirus
partOf Magna Graecia
politicalContext conflicts between Greeks and Italic tribes
referredToAs Pandosia of the Bruttii
regionType ancient region
status abandoned
ruined
timePeriod Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
typeOfLocation fortified settlement

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Alexander of Epirus deathPlace Pandosia in Bruttium
Achaean colonies in Magna Graecia notableColony Pandosia (Lucania)
linked to: Pandosia in Bruttium