{"slug": "thurii", "label": "Thurii", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurii", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q602564", "qid": "Q602564", "description": "city of Magna Graecia, situated on the Tarentine gulf", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-442, -39], "span_label": ["443 BCE", "40 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "taranto", "label": "Taranto", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dionysius-i-of-syracuse", "label": "Dionysius I of Syracuse", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lucanians", "label": "Lucanians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "adriatic", "label": "Adriatic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crotone", "label": "Crotone", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-senate", "label": "Roman Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sardinia", "label": "Sardinia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "corsica", "label": "Corsica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pericles", "label": "Pericles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "herodotus", "label": "Herodotus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -442, "year_label": "443 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Pericles founds the colony of Thurii near the site of the former city of Sybaris, in southern Italy. Its colonists include Herodotus and Lysias.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360981312#Italy", "title": "443 BC", "revid": 1360981312, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -431, "year_label": "432 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Greek colony of Heraclea in Southern Italy is founded by colonists from Tarentum and Thurii.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330384213#Italy", "title": "432 BC", "revid": 1330384213, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"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": -281, "year_label": "282 BCE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The Magna Graecia city of Thurii appeals to Rome for help against the native Italian tribes. Though the Roman Senate hesitates, the plebeian Assembly decides to respond. Thurii is saved, but Tarentum, jealous of Rome's interference, attacks and sinks some Roman ships entering its harbour. Roman envoys, sent to protest, are mistreated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1313148199#Roman_Republic", "title": "282 BC", "revid": 1313148199, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -214, "year_label": "215 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hannibal's forces occupy the cities of Heraclea and Thurii. However, Hannibal is unable to prevent the Romans from besieging Capua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337286145#Roman_Republic", "title": "215 BC", "revid": 1337286145, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -72, "year_label": "73 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Mount Vesuvius: Spartacus defeats a Roman militia force (3,000 men) under Gaius Claudius Glaber. The rebel slaves spend the winter of 73–72 BC training, arming and equipping their new recruits, as well as expanding their raiding territory, which includes the towns of Nola, Nuceria, Thurii and Metapontum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1232397998#Roman_Republic", "title": "73 BC", "revid": 1232397998, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -71, "year_label": "72 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Spartacus decides to camp near Thurii. Marcus Licinius Crassus with ten Roman legions tries to trap the rebels in the toe of Italy. He builds a trench and a low earth rampart (with a fortified palisade).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1338545736#Roman_Republic", "title": "72 BC", "revid": 1338545736, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -39, "year_label": "40 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sextus Pompey dispatches Menas with four legions and captures Sardinia, driving out Octavian's governor Marcus Lurius. He seizes the capital, Caralis and occupies Corsica. Sextus besieges Cosenza in Bruttium and Thurii in Lucania, ravaging the territory with his cavalry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267076849#Roman_Republic", "title": "40 BC", "revid": 1267076849, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}]}