Cumae

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Cumae was an ancient Greek colony in Italy, renowned as one of the earliest Hellenic settlements in the West and famous for its oracle, the Cumaean Sibyl.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cumae canonical 19
Cumae in Italy 2
Cumae region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony
ancient Greek city
archaeological site
abandonedInCentury 13th century AD
allyInBattle Syracuse
associatedMythologicalFigure Aeneas
Apollo
Hecate
battleOccurredNear Battle of Cumae (474 BC)
battleOpponent Etruscans
conqueredBy Campanians
Hannibal (temporarily influenced region)
Romans
Samnites
country Italy
declinePeriod late Roman Empire
linked to: Late Antiquity
famousFor Cumaean Sibyl
linked to: Sibyl

oracle of the Sibyl
linked to: Sibyl
foundedBy Greek colonists from Euboea
settlers from Chalcis
settlers from Eretria
foundedInApproximateYear c. 750 BC
foundedInCentury 8th century BC
governedBy Roman Empire
Roman Republic
hasPlaceOfWorship Sanctuary of the Cumaean Sibyl
hasStructure Greek temples
Roman temples
Sibyl’s cave
acropolis
amphitheatre
city walls
forum
heritageDesignation archaeological park
languageUsed Ancient Greek
laterLanguageUsed Latin
laterReligion Christianity
Roman religion
locatedIn Campania
Phlegraean Fields
locatedNear Bay of Naples
linked to: Gulf of Naples

Naples
Pozzuoli
linked to: Puteoli
locatedOn Tyrrhenian Sea
mentionedByAuthor Virgil
mentionedInWork Aeneid
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid
modernMunicipality Bacoli
partOf Magna Graecia
religion ancient Greek religion

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Referenced by (22)

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

Magna Graecia hasPart Cumae
Misenum near Cumae
ancient Italy majorCity Cumae
Baiae locatedNear Cumae
Chalcis colonized Cumae in Italy
linked to: Cumae
Daedalus associatedWithPlace Cumae in Italy
linked to: Cumae
Campani associatedWithCity Cumae region
linked to: Cumae
Via Domitiana connects Cumae
Chalcidians colonized Cumae
Campanians mainCity Cumae
Sibyl’s cave locatedIn Cumae
Bacoli contains Cumae
Misenus bodyDiscoveredAt Cumae
Mercury worshipCenter Cumae