Sicels

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The Sicels were an ancient Italic people who inhabited eastern Sicily before and during the early Greek colonization of the island.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sicels canonical 19

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture eastern Sicilian Iron Age culture ⓘ
associatedWithCity Adrano ⓘ
Centuripe ⓘ
Morgantina ⓘ
burialCustoms inhumation ⓘ
tomb groups with local ceramics ⓘ
conflictWith Greek colonies in Sicily ⓘ
culturalInteraction syncretism with Greek religious practices ⓘ
culturalSphere Italic culture ⓘ
linked to: Latial culture
economy agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Sicily ⓘ
ethnonymInGreek Sikeloi ⓘ
eventuallyIntegratedInto Hellenistic culture of Sicily ⓘ
Roman Sicily ⓘ
gaveNameTo Sicily (via Greek Sikelia) ⓘ
linked to: Sicily
hasLanguage Sicel language ⓘ
influencedBy Greek culture ⓘ
Phoenician presence in Sicily ⓘ
inhabitedRegion eastern Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Val di Noto
knownFromSource Greek literary sources ⓘ
archaeological evidence ⓘ
languageFamily Italic languages ⓘ
locatedInTime Iron Age ⓘ
early Greek colonization of Sicily ⓘ
mainIsland Sicily ⓘ
materialCulture hilltop settlements ⓘ
indigenous pottery styles ⓘ
neighboringPeople Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian

Greek colonists in Sicily ⓘ
Sicani ⓘ
partOf ancient peoples of Italy ⓘ
pre-Greek populations of Sicily ⓘ
politicalOrganization local chieftaincies ⓘ
tribal communities ⓘ
possibleOrigin Italian Peninsula ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ
linked to: Central Italy
regionType eastern and central uplands of Sicily ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
status extinct ethnic group ⓘ
toponymicLegacy place names in Sicily ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet variants ⓘ
Sicel inscriptions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Sicel → spokenBy → Sicels ⓘ
Sicel → namedAfter → Sicels ⓘ
Siculian → spokenBy → Sicels ⓘ
Siculian → associatedPeople → Sicels ⓘ
Siculian → hasNameOrigin → Sicels ⓘ
Leontini → conflictWith → Sicels ⓘ
Sicani → coexistedWith → Sicels ⓘ
Sikeloi → hasEnglishName → Sicels ⓘ
Elymian → contemporaryWith → Sicels ⓘ
Sicel culture → ethnicGroup → Sicels ⓘ
Agyrium → inhabitedBy → Sicels ⓘ
Agyrium → foundedBy → Sicels ⓘ
Italic world → hasPart → Sicels ⓘ
Palici → veneratedBy → Sicels ⓘ