Colonia Iulia Equestris

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Colonia Iulia Equestris was a Roman colony founded by Julius Caesar on the site of modern-day Nyon in present-day Switzerland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colony ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
countryToday Switzerland ⓘ
foundedBy Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
foundedFor Roman cavalry veterans ⓘ
Roman veterans ⓘ
governedBy Roman magistrates ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Colonia Equestris ⓘ
Nyon (Roman town) ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman villas ⓘ
amphitheatre ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
forum ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
temples ⓘ
hasCulturalPeriod Roman period ⓘ
hasEtymology Equestris refers to cavalry or equestrian settlers ⓘ
Iulia refers to the Julian family of Caesar ⓘ
linked to: Gens Iulia
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
military colony ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
hasLatinName Colonia Iulia Equestris ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus colonia ⓘ
hasType colonia civium Romanorum ⓘ
hasUrbanFeature orthogonal street plan ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
inhabitedBy Roman citizens ⓘ
Roman veterans ⓘ
locatedIn Helvetia ⓘ
Nyon ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
canton of Vaud ⓘ
linked to: Canton of Vaud
locatedNear Geneva ⓘ
Lake Geneva ⓘ
Lousonna ⓘ
linked to: Lancy
locatedOn northern shore of Lake Geneva ⓘ
modernSite Nyon ⓘ
namedAfter Julius Caesar ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
province of Gallia Narbonensis ⓘ
linked to: Gallia Narbonensis

province of Germania Superior ⓘ
region western Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Western Switzerland
strategicRole control of routes along Lake Geneva ⓘ
romanization of the Helvetii territory ⓘ
successorSettlement medieval town of Nyon ⓘ
timePeriod late Roman Republic ⓘ

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

Nyon → wasRomanColonyNamed → Colonia Iulia Equestris ⓘ
Colonia Iulia Equestris archaeological site → administrativeCenterOf → ancient Colonia Iulia Equestris ⓘ
linked to: Colonia Iulia Equestris
Colonia Iulia Equestris → hasLatinName → Colonia Iulia Equestris ⓘ