{"slug": "reggio-calabria", "label": "Reggio Calabria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggio_Calabria", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8471", "qid": "Q8471", "description": "commune of Italy", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [-473, 1971], "span_label": ["474 BCE", "1971 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Reggio di Calabria", "Rhegium"], "related": [{"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "lucanians", "label": "Lucanians", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "calabria", "label": "Calabria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sicily", "label": "Sicily", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dionysius-i-of-syracuse", "label": "Dionysius I of Syracuse", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "saracen", "label": "Saracen", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "southern-italy", "label": "Southern Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "messina", "label": "Messina", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lentini", "label": "Lentini", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syracuse-sicily", "label": "Syracuse, Sicily", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "adriatic-sea", "label": "Adriatic Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crotone", "label": "Crotone", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -473, "year_label": "474 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Taras signs an alliance with Rhegion, to counter the Messapians, Peucetians, and Lucanians, but the joint armies of the Tarentines and Rhegines are defeated near Kailia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598367#Italy", "title": "474 BC", "revid": 1360598367, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -459, "year_label": "460 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The construction of a sculpture of a Young Warrior (subsequently found in the sea off Riace, Italy) is begun and completed approximately ten years later. It is now preserved at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Reggio Calabria, Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173290#Arts", "title": "460 BC", "revid": 1354173290, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts"}}, {"year": -432, "year_label": "433 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Pericles renews alliances with the Rhegium on the southwest corner of Italy and Leontini in southeast Sicily, threatening Sparta's food supply route from Sicily.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173211#Greece", "title": "433 BC", "revid": 1354173211, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -390, "year_label": "391 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse, begins an attempt to extend his rule to the Greek cities of southern Italy. He unsuccessfully besieges Rhegium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367650502#Sicily", "title": "391 BC", "revid": 1367650502, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"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": -269, "year_label": "270 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Rome's subjugation of Italy is completed by the recapture of Rhegium (southern Italy) from the Mamertines and the defeat of the Brutians, the Lucanians, the Calabrians and the Samnites. The town of Rhegium is then restored by the Romans to its Greek inhabitants.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1317756359#Roman_Republic", "title": "270 BC", "revid": 1317756359, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": 4, "year_label": "4 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "AD 4 – Julia the Elder returns from exile to live in Rhegium in disgrace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365712040#Roman_Empire", "title": "0s", "revid": 1365712040, "section": "Events › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 536, "year_label": "536 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Gothic War (535–554): Belisarius crosses the Strait of Messina and invades Italy. He conquers the city of Rhegium and advances to Naples.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362906459#Eastern_Roman_(\"Byzantine\")_Empire", "title": "536", "revid": 1362906459, "section": "Events › By place › Eastern Roman (\"Byzantine\") Empire"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Abu Abbas Abdallah crosses the Strait of Messina and proceeds to Reggio Calabria. Appearing before its walls, the Byzantine garrison flees, surrendering the city to the Aghlabids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Europe", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 902, "year_label": "902 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February", "text": "February – March – Abu Abbas Abdallah, conqueror of Reggio Calabria, returns from Sicily and succeeds his father Ibrahim II as Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130244#Europe", "title": "902", "revid": 1341130244, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1005, "year_label": "1005 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The Republic of Pisa conducts a military offensive against the Saracen strongholds in Southern Italy. The Pisan fleet sacks the city of Reggio Calabria. Pisa becomes one of the four commercial Maritime Republics (the other three are Genoa, Venice and Amalfi), which fight each other for control of the Mediterranean Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910116#Europe", "title": "1005", "revid": 1341910116, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1006, "year_label": "1006 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – An Arab Saracen fleet appears before Pisa, but departs again. The Pisans take their fleet to sea and chase the Arabs down to Southern Italy where, in the Battle of Reggio Calabria, the Pisan fleet defeats the Arabs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344800605#Europe", "title": "1006", "revid": 1344800605, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1475, "year_label": "1475 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Rashi's commentary on the Torah is the first dated book to be printed in Hebrew, in Reggio di Calabria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369334832#Date_unknown", "title": "1475", "revid": 1369334832, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1894, "year_label": "1894 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – An earthquake hits Calabria and the towns Reggio Calabria and Messina in Sicily.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347835735#November", "title": "1894 in Italy", "revid": 1347835735, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy. The cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria were almost completely destroyed and between 75,000 and 200,000 people died. Moments after the earthquake, a 12-meter (39-foot) tsunami struck nearby coasts, causing even more devastation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330101956#Events", "title": "1908 in Italy", "revid": 1330101956, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – In Italy, a local parliament elects the city of Catanzaro as the capital of Calabria; residents of Reggio di Calabria riot for 5 days because of the decision.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#February", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › February"}}]}