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City of Magna Graecia, situated on the Tarentine gulf
Thurii (/ˈθʊəriaɪ/; Latin: Thūriī; Ancient Greek: Θούρῐοι, romanized: Thoúrioi), called also by some Latin writers Thūrium (compare Ancient Greek: Θούρῐον
Thurii
Greek historian and geographer (c. 484–c. 425 BC)
Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of
Herodotus
Ancient Greek city
which was destroyed in 510 BC. Its former inhabitants built a new city, Thurii, not far from the site of Sybaris. This new colony was founded together
Sybaris_on_the_Traeis
Important city of Magna Graecia
city Thurii built partially on top of the older city. Thurii was destroyed in 193 BC but the Romans built the city of Copia on the same grid as Thurii. Parts
Sybaris
4th-century BC Greek actor and official
Archias (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχίας) of Thurii in Magna Graecia was an actor turned military agent of the Macedonian general Antipater in the 4th century BCE
Archias_of_Thurii
Administrative unit in ancient Athens
In Ancient Greece, a deme or demos (Ancient Greek: δῆμος, plural: demoi, δῆμοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as
Deme
Classical Athenian statesman and orator (384–322 BC)
down. Demosthenes killed himself to avoid being arrested by Archias of Thurii, Antipater's confidant. The Alexandrian Canon, compiled by Aristophanes
Demosthenes
Battle in 280 BC between the Romans and Pyrrhus of Epirus
Valerius Laevinus, and the combined forces of Greeks from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea under the command of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.
Battle_of_Heraclea
Roman general and senator
rebellion in Thurii. These slaves had previously taken part in the rebellions led by Spartacus and Catiline. Octavius' victory over the slaves in Thurii led him
Gaius Octavius (father of Augustus)
Gaius_Octavius_(father_of_Augustus)
War fought by Pyrrhus of Epirus in Italy and Sicily against Rome and Carthage
Magna Graecia. The outbreak of a new conflict between one of those allies, Thurii, and a Samnite-led alliance led to Roman intervention. The Tarentines, seeking
Pyrrhic_War
73–71 BCE Roman slave rebellion
expanding their raiding territory to include the towns of Nola, Nuceria, Thurii and Metapontum. The victories of the rebel slaves did not come without a
Third_Servile_War
King of Epirus from 297 to 272 BC
garrisons in the Greek cities of Thurii (on the western end of the Tarentine Gulf), Locri, and Rhegium, and sent warships to Thurii. Although this was designed
Pyrrhus_of_Epirus
Bronze Age civilization on Crete and other Aegean Islands
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Minoan_civilization
Greek sophist born in Chios
Greek sophist born in Chios, who emigrated with his brother Dionysodorus to Thurii in Italy. When exiled from this city, he went to Athens where he lived for
Euthydemus_of_Chios
Legendary war in Greek mythology
founded the cities of Petilia, Old Crimissa, and Chone, between Croton and Thurii. After making war on the Leucanians he founded there a sanctuary of Apollo
Trojan_War
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
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Ancient_Greece
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
Clinomachus (Greek: Κλεινόμαχος; 4th-century BC), was a Megarian philosopher from Thurii, Magna Graecia. He is said by Diogenes Laërtius to have been the first who
Clinomachus
Series of slave revolts in the late Roman Republic
Battles of the Servile Wars Gaius Octavius' suppressed remnant rebels in Thurii (60 BC) Slavery in ancient Rome Roman Republican civil wars Latrocinium
Servile_Wars
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
(Latin: [tʰuːˈriːnʊs], 'of Thurii') in his infancy to commemorate his father's victory over followers of Spartacus at Thurii. Marcus Junius Brutus, the
Augustus
Comune in Calabria, Italy
kilometres (12 miles) from the Ionian Sea. Refugees from the ancient city of Thurii founded Terranova after the destruction of their city in the war against
Terranova_da_Sibari
Head of the Catholic Church from c. 126 to c. 137
in succession after Peter. Telesphorus was of Greek ancestry and born in Thurii (today Terranova da Sibari, Calabria), Italy. The Liber Pontificalis mentions
Pope_Telesphorus
Norbanus Flaccus Gaius Norbanus Gaius Octavius – put down a slave rebellion at Thurii • Gnaeus Octavius Odaenathus Lucius Opimius Publius Ostorius Scapula – responsible
List_of_Roman_generals
God of the underworld in Greek mythology
(even though she was his daughter). The so-called great Orphic tablet of Thurii refers to the abduction of Persephone by Zeus, who then fathers her son
Hades
Frazione in Calabria, Italy
and the archaeological sites of the Ancient Greek cities of Sybaris and Thurii which can be found a few kilometers to the southeast of the town.[additional
Sibari
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
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Acropolis_of_Athens
Ancient Greek term for tribe or clan
– third century) a tribe XV. Hadrianis was created. When the colony of Thurii on the Gulf of Taranto was settled under the support of Pericles and the
Phyle
Bay of the Ionian Sea, in Southern Italy
Gallipoli. Also the Greek colonies (Magna Graecia) of Kroton, Heraclea, Thurii, and Sybaris were founded on the Gulf of Taranto. Italy claims the whole
Gulf_of_Taranto
Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt
expanding their raiding territory to include the towns of Nola, Nuceria, Thurii, and Metapontum. The distance between these locations and the subsequent
Spartacus
Ancient Italic people
[citation needed] This probably took place after their great victory over the Thurii, near Laüs, in 390 BC. The rise of the Bruttii is dated by ancient authors
Bruttians
Collaborative form of performing art
his son Philemon the younger. From Calabria, precisely from the colony of Thurii, came the playwright Alexis. While Rhinthon, although Sicilian from Syracuse
Theatre
Peloponnesian War Ends 445 Troezen is impressed into the Peloponnesian League 443 Thurii is founded by Sybarites and Various Hellenes 441 Euripides, Greek playwright
Timeline_of_ancient_Greece
of dreams and oracles. Together with Xenocritus he founded the colony of Thurii in Italy at 444 BC or 443 BC. He was called "the expounder". His father
Lampon
Athenian speechwriter (c. 445–c. 380 BC)
This date was evidently obtained by reckoning back from the foundation of Thurii (444 BC), since there was a tradition that Lysias had gone there at the
Lysias
Set of ancient Greek and Hellenistic religious beliefs
of these bone tablets is unknown. Gold-leaf tablets found in graves from Thurii, Hipponium, Thessaly and Crete (4th century BC and after) give instructions
Orphism
Roman army officer
against Augustus, he said that Octavius was a freedman and rope-maker from Thurii. During the Second Punic War, Octavius served as military tribune and participated
Gaius Octavius (tribune 216 BC)
Gaius_Octavius_(tribune_216_BC)
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
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Euripides
Archaic Greek expansion across the Mediterranean and Black Sea (750–550 BC)
founded Epizephyrian Locris. According to legend, Lagaria which was between Thurii and the river Sinni River was founded by Phocians. Evidence of frequent
Greek_colonisation
Platonic dialogue
both of whom were prominent Sophists and pankrationists from Chios and Thurii. The Euthydemus contrasts Socratic argumentation and education with the
Euthydemus_(dialogue)
River of forgetfulness in the Greek underworld
inscriptions on gold plates dating to the 4th century BC and onward, found at Thurii in Southern Italy and elsewhere throughout the Greek world. There were rivers
Lethe
Historical region of Italy
collaboration with Rhegium, founded Metaurus (Gioia Tauro); Taras together with Thurii founded Heracleia (Policoro) in Lucania in 434 BC, and also Callipolis ('beautiful
Magna_Graecia
Ancient league of Greek city-states in southern Italy
formidable enemy who defeated the army of Thurii in 390 BC. It consisted of at least Kroton, Kaulon, Thurii, Metapontum, Elea, Hipponion, Rhegion, Poseidonia
Italiote_league
River in Italy
Strabo, conversely, states distinctly that it was in the territory of Thurii. For this reason, Alexander of Epirus sought to move the general assembly
Calandro_River
Frazione in Calabria, Italy
towers and a deep trench. In the comune are the ruins of the ancient city of Thurii, a former bishopric which remains a Latin titular see as Thurio. Nearby
Corigliano_Calabro
History of the Italian city
several years of war, Taranto signed a peace treaty with the Greek colony of Thurii; both cities contributed to the foundation of the colony of Heraclea, which
History_of_Taranto
Era in Greece from (c. 1200 – c. 800 BC)
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Greek_Dark_Ages
Athenian general and statesman (c. 450–404 BC)
the heralds that he would follow them back to Athens in his ship, but in Thurii he escaped with his crew; in Athens he was convicted in absentia and condemned
Alcibiades
Ancient Roman ambassador and censor
was elected consul in 282 BC where he raised the siege of the Greek city Thurii from the Lucanians and Bruttians. After the Romans were defeated by Pyrrhus
Gaius_Fabricius_Luscinus
the Appian Way. The last slave rebellion of the Republic was put down at Thurii in southern Italy by Gaius Octavius, the father of the future emperor Augustus
Slavery_in_ancient_Rome
4th century BC Athenian comic poet
288 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period. He was born in Thurii (in present-day Calabria, Italy) in Magna Graecia and taken early to Athens
Alexis_(poet)
Hero in Greek mythology
Metapontum and Thurii. He was worshipped as a divine being under various names in Italy where statues of him existed at Argyripa, Metapontum, Thurii, and other
Diomedes
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Ancient_Greek_architecture
Greek god of the north wind
assistance have been described, in Megalopolis (against Laconia) and in Thurii (against Syracuse). The latter case had Boreas being granted citizenship
Boreas
Ancient battle between the Greeks and the Italians
that Alexander tried to transfer a panhellenic festival from Heraclea to Thurii out of enmity with Tarentum. Furthermore, he claims the defeat of Alexander
Battle_of_Pandosia
Varieties of Ancient Greek in classical antiquity
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Ancient_Greek_dialects
5th-century BC Spartan general
expelled from Sparta for accepting Athenian bribes in 446 BC and fled to Thurii, a pan-Hellenic colony then being founded in the instep of Italy with Athenian
Gylippus
Land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece (479 BC)
Olympiodoros relieving the Megarians could be the relatives of Lampon of Thurii, the son of Olympiodoros. Nyland further argues that the source for Amompharetus'
Battle_of_Plataea
Greek mythological hero
libations and sacrifice of oxen. Justin writes that people say that the city of Thurii was built by Philoctetes and his monument is seen there even to his days
Philoctetes
Ancient military conflicts
Messapian city-state of Brindisi entered into an alliance with Thurii. The Brindisi-Thurii army had a leadership advantage in the form of Cleandridas, an
Iapygian–Tarentine_wars
Greek myths about the warriors' voyages home
founded the cities of Petilia, Old Crimissa, and Chone, between Croton and Thurii. After making war on the Leucanians, he founded there a sanctuary of Apollo
Returns_from_Troy
Olympiad 380 BC - Dionysodorus of Tarentum 101st Olympiad 376 BC - Damon of Thurii 102nd Olympiad 372 BC - Damon for a second time 103rd Olympiad 368 BC -
List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race
List_of_Olympic_winners_of_the_Stadion_race
Historical period of Greece following Classical Greece
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Hellenistic_Greece
Ancient Minoan buildings in Crete
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Minoan_palaces
Ancient Greek festival
part of the ceremonial, all that is known is that a ram was sacrificed at Thurii. Other indications point to the festival having assumed a military character
Carneia
One hundred years, from 500 BC to 401 BC
initially exclusive to patricians. 443 BC: Foundation of the Greek colony of Thurii in Italy. Its colonists include Herodotus and Lysias. 442 BC: Sophocles
5th_century_BC
Inscribed clay disc found in Crete, Greece
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Phaistos_Disc
Calendar year
of the Lucanians, Dionysius I of Syracuse devastates the territories of Thurii, Crotone, and Locri in mainland Italy. When Rhegium falls, Dionysius becomes
387_BC
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Ancient_Greek_sculpture
Macroregion of Italy
Epizephyrian Locri (Λοκροὶ Ἐπιζεφύριοι), Rhegium (Ῥήγιον), Croton (Κρότων), Thurii (Θούριοι), Elea (Ἐλέα), Nola (Νῶλα), Syessa (Σύεσσα), Bari (Βάριον), and
Southern_Italy
received the cognomen "Thurinus" to commemorate his father's victory at Thurii over a rebellious band of slaves who were followers of Spartacus. Later
Early_life_of_Augustus
Philosopher in Athens during the 5th century BC
and a sister who married Brachyllus. Polemarchus and Lysias traveled to Thurii when the latter was 15-years old. During the Athenian political upheaval
Polemarchus
210 BC battle in the Second Punic War
Carthaginian general decided to resettle its population in Metapontum and Thurii to the south and destroy the city itself. Before that he set an example
Battle_of_Herdonia_(210_BC)
Overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece
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Outline_of_ancient_Greece
Athenian statesman and general (c.-495,-429)
440 BC), and on the creation of new cleruchies, such as Andros, Naxos and Thurii (444 BC) as well as Amphipolis (437–436 BC). Pericles and his friends were
Pericles
Calendar year
Licinius Crassus against Spartacus. Winter – Spartacus decides to camp near Thurii. Marcus Licinius Crassus with ten Roman legions tries to trap the rebels
72_BC
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Pottery_of_ancient_Greece
Greek historian (c. 432 – 356 BC)
alliance against him, and exiled both men from Syracuse. Philistus settled at Thurii but afterwards moved to Adria, where he remained until the death of Dionysius
Philistus
Italian scholar (1835–1927)
In 1879, a number of small golden tablets were discovered in tombs in Thurii. Several years later, Comparetti asserted that these lamellae were Orphic
Domenico_Comparetti
Greek architect and philosopher (480 – 408 BC)
among the Athenian colonists and planned the new city of Thurium (later Thurii), in Magna Graecia, with streets crossing at right angles; as a consequence
Hippodamus_of_Miletus
original Greek play (ὁ Καρχηδόνιος "the Carthaginian", possibly by Alexis of Thurii) or whether it was composed for the Poenulus, perhaps by a bilingual speaker
Phoenician–Punic_literature
his son Philemon the younger. From Calabria, precisely from the colony of Thurii, came the playwright Alexis. While Rhinthon, although Sicilian from Syracuse
History_of_theatre
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
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Classical_Greece
Ancient Roman family
in 194 BC, proposed the establishment of colonies among the Bruttii and Thurii, and appointed a commissioner for the foundation of the latter colony. Quintus
Aelia_gens
Demodocus of Anagyrus Theages Apology, Demodocus Dionysodorus of Chios and Thurii Euthydemus Diotima of Mantinea Symposium Echecrates of Phlius Phaedo Erasistratus
List of speakers in Plato's dialogues
List_of_speakers_in_Plato's_dialogues
Alexandria, Egypt c. 408 BC Hippodamus of Miletus – Piraeus (port of Athens), Thurii, Rhodes 330-336 CE Constantine – Byzantium replanned and rebuilt as the
List_of_urban_planners
4th-century BCE monograph series
Knidos, Kos, Larissa, Leontini, Magnesia, Mantineia, Mitylene, Thira, Thurii, Zancle. The last group of potential political systems can be created from
Constitutions_(Aristotle)
Ancient Greek actor
tragic actor, the son of Charicles of Sunium, and a disciple of Archias of Thurii. It is related of him that at the age of 70, shortly before his death, he
Polus_of_Aegina
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Greece_in_the_Roman_era
73 BCE conflict of the Third Servile War,battle
expanding their raiding territory to include the towns of Nola, Nuceria, Thurii and Metapontum. The victories of the rebel slaves did not come without a
Battle_of_Mount_Vesuvius
4th-century BC Theban gay military unit
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Sacred_Band_of_Thebes
Platonic dialogue
dangerous (as is shown by the case of the youth of Miletus, Bocotia and Thurii);1 and, moreover, this institution, when of old standing, is thought to
Laws_(dialogue)
Ancient Roman politician and agitator (d. 48 BCE)
rebellion against Caesar, but he died at that year's siege of Compsa, near Thurii, in Lucania. He was killed by a stone thrown from the city walls. Titus
Titus_Annius_Milo
River in Italy
eastwards, passing immediately south of the archaeological site of Sybaris and Thurii. Its mouth is near the marina of the comune Corigliano-Rossano. The Crati
Crati
Athenian logographer (c. 390 – 322 BC)
independence, Hypereides and the other orators were captured by Archias of Thurii and condemned to death by the Athenian supporters of Macedon. Hypereides
Hypereides
Greek tyrant of Syracuse (c. 432 – 367 BC)
which he was joined by the Lucanians, he devastated the territories of Thurii and Croton in an attempt to defend Locri. After a protracted siege, he took
Dionysius_I_of_Syracuse
Alexis (c. 375 BC – c. 275 BC), comic poet of the Middle Comedy, born at Thurii and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen Amphis was an Athenian
List_of_ancient_Greek_poets
Ancient Socratic school
Euclides' most important pupils were Eubulides of Miletus and Clinomachus of Thurii. It seems to have been under Clinomachus that a separate Dialectical school
Megarian_school
Bronze Age culture
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Cycladic_culture
Historical region of Southern Italy
stood Sybaris, which was destroyed in 510 BC, but subsequently replaced by Thurii. On the west coast stood Posidonia, known under the Roman government as
Lucania
Ancient Italian city
that that city had been captured by the Lucanians before or during 390 BC. Thurii had repelled a force of the Lucanians which had attacked their territory
Laüs
Sicily. The Greek city of Tarentum had attacked and sacked the city of Thurii and expelled the newly installed Roman garrison in 282 BC. Committed to
History_of_Carthage
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Peaceful; Born in the First Quarter of an Astrological Day
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Follower of Dionysius; Greek God of Wine
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English : variant spelling of Thaxton.
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