{"slug": "ancona", "label": "Ancona", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancona", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3415", "qid": "Q3415", "description": "Italian city in the Marches region", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-386, 1690], "span_label": ["387 BCE", "1690 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dionysius-i-of-syracuse", "label": "Dionysius I of Syracuse", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "adriatic", "label": "Adriatic", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lucanians", "label": "Lucanians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crotone", "label": "Crotone", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thurii", "label": "Thurii", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "papal-states", "label": "Papal States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syracuse-sicily", "label": "Syracuse, Sicily", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediterranean-sea", "label": "Mediterranean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-navy", "label": "Byzantine navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-see", "label": "Holy See", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-turks", "label": "Ottoman Turks", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -386, "year_label": "387 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "With the aid of the Lucanians, Dionysius I of Syracuse devastates the territories of Thurii, Crotone, and Locri in mainland Italy. When Rhegium falls, Dionysius becomes the chief power in Greek Southern Italy. He then turns his attention to the Adriatic and founds the colonies of Ancona (Ankon) and Adria (Adrìa).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367650579#Sicily_and_Adriatic", "title": "387 BC", "revid": 1367650579, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily and Adriatic"}}, {"year": -385, "year_label": "386 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Dionysius I of Syracuse extends the influence and trade of Syracuse to the Adriatic, establishing colonies at Adria, Ancona and Issa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363395299#Sicily", "title": "386 BC", "revid": 1363395299, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": 551, "year_label": "551 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Battle of Sena Gallica: The Byzantine fleet (50 warships) destroys the Gothic naval force under Indulf near Sena Gallica (Senigallia), some 17 miles (27 km) north of Ancona. It marks the end of the Gothic supremacy in the Mediterranean Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362066549#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "551", "revid": 1362066549, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1380, "year_label": "1380 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – The impostor Paul Palaiologos Tagaris becomes noticed by the Eastern Orthodox church when he donates a purported Christian relic, the skull of James the Just, the 1st century leader of the Church of Jerusalem, to the city of Ancona.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360515041#January–March", "title": "1380", "revid": 1360515041, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Pope Pius II himself shoulders the cross of the Crusades, and departs for Ancona to participate in person. He names Skanderbeg general captain of the Holy See, under the title Athleta Christi. This plan forces Skanderbeg to break his ten-year peace treaty with the Ottomans signed in 1463, by attacking their forces near Ohrid.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#April–June", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1690, "year_label": "1690 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – An earthquake hits Ancona, in the Papal States of Italy and causes 10 deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369486553#October–December", "title": "1690", "revid": 1369486553, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}