Thurii (/ˈθʊəriaɪ/; Latin: Thūriī; Greek: Θούρῐοι, translit. Thoúrioi), called also by some Latin writers Thūrium (compare Greek: 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...

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...

leadership in 444/43 BC which became the city Thurii built partially on top of the older city. Thurii was also destroyed in 193 BC but the Romans built...

The naval Battle of Thurii was fought between Ancient Rome and the Greek colony of Tarentum Following the battle, Tarentum appealed to Pyrrhus, ruler of...

Valerius Laevinus, and the combined forces of Greeks from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea under the command of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus....

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...

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...

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...

In Ancient Greece, a deme or demos (Ancient Greek: δῆμος, plural: demoi, δήμοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as...