Luna

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Luna was an ancient Roman town in northern Italy that served as a key urban and commercial center for the Ligurian region.

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Label Occurrences
Luna canonical 6

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman town ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
connectedBy Roman road network of northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads

Via Aurelia ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
declinedDuring Late Antiquity ⓘ
eventuallyAbandoned Middle Ages ⓘ
excavatedBy Italian archaeologists ⓘ
exported agricultural products ⓘ
fish products ⓘ
marble from nearby quarries ⓘ
wine ⓘ
foundedAfter defeat of the Liguri Apuani ⓘ
foundedAs Latin colony ⓘ
foundedBy Romans ⓘ
foundedInYear 177 BC ⓘ
hadInfrastructure aqueduct ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
hadPort harbor on the Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
hadPublicBuilding amphitheatre ⓘ
basilica ⓘ
forum ⓘ
hadStatus colonia ⓘ
municipium ⓘ
hadTempleDedicatedTo Luna (Roman moon goddess) ⓘ
linked to: Selene
hasArchaeologicalRemains amphitheatre ruins ⓘ
city walls and gates ⓘ
forum remains ⓘ
mosaics and inscriptions ⓘ
knownFor fish sauce (garum) ⓘ
marble trade ⓘ
port activities ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
locatedIn Ligurian region ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
locatedInPresentDay Italy ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lunigiana ⓘ
locatedNear Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
mouth of the Magra River ⓘ
locatedNearModernCity Sarzana ⓘ
modernMunicipality Luni, Province of La Spezia ⓘ
modernRegion Liguria ⓘ
modernSiteName Luni ⓘ
partOf Regio IX Liguria ⓘ
linked to: Liguria
prosperedDuring early Empire ⓘ
late Republic ⓘ
religion Roman polytheism ⓘ
servedAs commercial center for Liguria ⓘ
urban center for Liguria ⓘ
sufferedFrom harbor silting ⓘ
marsh formation ⓘ

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