Nikopolis
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Nikopolis is an ancient city in Epirus, Greece, founded by the Roman emperor Augustus and known today for its extensive archaeological remains.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicopolis | 10 |
| Nikopolis canonical | 6 |
| Nicopolis Actia | 1 |
| Nikopolis in Epirus | 1 |
| Theme of Nicopolis | 1 |
| ancient city of Nicopolis | 1 |
| ancient city of Nikopolis | 1 |
| Νικόπολις | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T782083 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nikopolis Context triple: [Epirus, hasArchaeologicalSite, Nikopolis]
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A.
Naissus
Naissus was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, located at the site of modern-day Niš in Serbia.
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B.
Pherae
Pherae was an ancient Greek city in Thessaly known for its political influence and as the seat of the powerful tyrant Jason of Pherae.
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C.
Lampsacus
Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
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D.
Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
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E.
Pella
Pella is a well-known American brand specializing in the design and manufacture of windows and doors for residential and commercial buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nikopolis Target entity description: Nikopolis is an ancient city in Epirus, Greece, founded by the Roman emperor Augustus and known today for its extensive archaeological remains.
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A.
Naissus
Naissus was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, located at the site of modern-day Niš in Serbia.
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B.
Pherae
Pherae was an ancient Greek city in Thessaly known for its political influence and as the seat of the powerful tyrant Jason of Pherae.
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C.
Lampsacus
Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
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D.
Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
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E.
Pella
Pella is a well-known American brand specializing in the design and manufacture of windows and doors for residential and commercial buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Greek Ministry of Culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenic Ministry of Culture
|
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture |
Byzantine
ⓘ
Early Christian ⓘ Roman ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late antiquity to early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
victory at Actium
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Actium
|
| foundedAfter | Battle of Actium ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Augustus
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalExcavationsSince | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | archaeological site of national significance ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Roman theatre
ⓘ
Roman villas ⓘ aqueduct ⓘ basilicas ⓘ city walls ⓘ monument of Augustus ⓘ nymphaeum ⓘ odeon ⓘ stadium ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
Via Egnatia network
ⓘ
linked to:
Via Egnatia
|
| historicalRole | regional administrative center in Roman Epirus ⓘ |
| inception | 31 BC ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early Christian basilicas
ⓘ
extensive archaeological remains ⓘ monumental Roman architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Epirus ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ambracian Gulf
ⓘ
Preveza ⓘ |
| locatedOn | isthmus between Ionian Sea and Ambracian Gulf ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | City of Victory ⓘ |
| nearbyModernSettlement | Preveza ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Epirus
ⓘ
linked to:
Epirus
province of Epirus Vetus ⓘ
linked to:
Epirus
|
| presentlyServedBy | Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis ⓘ |
| region |
Epirus periphery
ⓘ
linked to:
Epirus
|
| religionHistorically |
Christianity
ⓘ
Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Actian Games ⓘ |
| successorSettlement | Preveza ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | on tentative list for World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| urbanPlanning | Hippodamian plan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nikopolis Description of subject: Nikopolis is an ancient city in Epirus, Greece, founded by the Roman emperor Augustus and known today for its extensive archaeological remains.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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