Regium Julium

E580185

Regium Julium is the ancient Roman name for the city now known as Reggio Calabria in southern Italy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Regium Iulium 1
Regium Julium canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin toponym ⓘ
Roman city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
ancientEthnicName Regini ⓘ
civilization Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
coastalCity true ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culture Roman ⓘ
foundedAs Greek colony of Rhegion ⓘ
function commercial center ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ
port city ⓘ
hasAncientNameVariant Regium ⓘ
Regium Iulium ⓘ
linked to: Regium Julium
hasModernCountry Italy ⓘ
hasModernMunicipality Reggio di Calabria ⓘ
linked to: Reggio Calabria
hasModernProvince Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria ⓘ
hasModernRegion Calabria ⓘ
incorporatedIntoRome 3rd century BC ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Bruttium ⓘ
Calabria ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Magna Graecia ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Italy
locatedNear Sicily ⓘ
locatedOn Strait of Messina ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
toe of the Italian Peninsula ⓘ
modernEquivalent city of Reggio Calabria ⓘ
linked to: Reggio Calabria
modernName Reggio Calabria ⓘ
notableFor maritime trade ⓘ
strategic military importance in southern Italy ⓘ
originalGreekName Ῥήγιον (Rhegion) ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
preRomanCivilization Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
preRomanName Rhegion ⓘ
regionDuringRomanPeriod Bruttium et Lucania ⓘ
romanStatus colonia ⓘ
municipium ⓘ
strategicPosition control of sea routes between Italy and Sicily ⓘ
successorSettlement Reggio Calabria ⓘ
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Roman antiquity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Reggio Calabria → historicalName → Regium Julium ⓘ
Regium Julium → hasAncientNameVariant → Regium Iulium ⓘ
linked to: Regium Julium