Perinthus

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Perinthus was an ancient Greek city in Thrace that became an important regional center and later a prominent Roman provincial capital.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Perinthus canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
alliedWith Byzantium ⓘ
besiegedBy Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
besiegedInCentury 4th century BC ⓘ
colonizedBy Samians ⓘ
currencyUsed Greek coinage ⓘ
foundedBy Samos ⓘ
foundedInCentury 7th century BC ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Archaic period ⓘ
hadStatus free city under Rome ⓘ
provincial capital of Thrace ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Heraclea in Europa ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf harbour structures ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
walls ⓘ
knownAs Heraclea Perinthus ⓘ
languageInAntiquity Greek ⓘ
laterCurrencyUsed Roman coinage ⓘ
laterLanguage Latin ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn Thrace ⓘ
ancient Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thrace
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear Marmara Ereğlisi ⓘ
linked to: Marmaraereğlisi

Propontis ⓘ
linked to: Sea of Marmara
locatedOn Sea of Marmara ⓘ
coastal promontory ⓘ
important land routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
locatedWestOf Byzantium ⓘ
mentionedBy Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernSite Marmara Ereğlisi ⓘ
linked to: Marmaraereğlisi
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Greek world ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
religionInAntiquity ancient Greek religion ⓘ
renamedAs Heraclea in Europa ⓘ
renamedInPeriod Roman period ⓘ
servedAs Roman provincial capital ⓘ
regional center ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
wasImportantFor maritime commerce ⓘ
strategic position ⓘ
trade ⓘ
wasSeatOf bishopric ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Thrace → capitalUnderRomans → Perinthus ⓘ
Samians → colonized → Perinthus ⓘ
Kingdom of Thrace → hasPortCity → Perinthus ⓘ