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Thurii (/ˈθʊəriaɪ/; Latin:
Thūriī; Gr****: Θούρῐοι, translit. Thoúrioi),
called also by some
Latin writers Thūrium (compare Gr****: Θούρῐον, translit. Thoúrion...
- part of the
Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a
later citizen of
Thurii in
modern Calabria, Italy. He is
known for
having written the Histories...
- The
naval Battle of
Thurii was
fought between Ancient Rome and the Gr****
colony of
Tarentum Following the battle,
Tarentum appealed to Pyrrhus,
ruler of...
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leadership in 444/43 BC
which became the city
Thurii built partially on top of the
older city.
Thurii was also destro**** in 193 BC but the
Romans built...
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Archias (Ancient Gr****: Ἀρχίας) of
Thurii in
Magna Graecia was an
actor turned military agent of the
Macedonian general Antipater in the 4th
century BCE...
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Valerius Laevinus, and the
combined forces of Gr****s from Epirus, Tarentum,
Thurii, Metapontum, and
Heraclea under the
command of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus....
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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...
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Clinomachus (Gr****: Κλεινόμαχος; 4th-century BC), was a
Megarian philosopher from
Thurii,
Magna Graecia. He is said by
Diogenes Laërtius to have been the
first who...
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Temesa (Campora San Giovanni),
Terina (Nocera Terinese),
Pandosia (Acri) and
Thurii, (Thurio,
comune of
Corigliano Calabro).
Rhegion was the
birthplace of one...
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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...
