Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon

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The Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon was a major military base of the Roman army in Britain, housing the Second Augustan Legion and featuring extensive barracks, baths, and an amphitheatre.

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Label	Occurrences
Caerleon Roman Fortress	2
Caerleon Roman fortress	2
Caerleon Roman Baths	1
Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon canonical	1
Roman settlement at Caerleon	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14272814 — 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: Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon
Context triple: [National Roman Legion Museum, dedicatedTo, Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon]

A. Ribchester Roman fort
Ribchester Roman fort is a significant Roman military site in Lancashire, England, known for its well-preserved remains and rich archaeological finds from the Roman occupation of Britain.
B. Richborough Roman Fort
Richborough Roman Fort is a major archaeological site in Kent, England, that preserves the remains of a significant Roman military and port complex marking one of the main entry points of Roman Britain.
C. Segedunum Roman Fort
Segedunum Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort and museum at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall in Wallsend, England.
D. Caer Gybi Roman fort
Caer Gybi Roman fort is a small, late Roman coastal fortlet on Holy Island in Anglesey, Wales, built to defend the harbor and later associated with early Christian monastic activity.
E. Saalburg Roman fort
Saalburg Roman fort is a reconstructed Roman military camp in Germany that served as part of the frontier defenses along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and now functions as an archaeological park and museum.
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: Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon
Target entity description: The Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon was a major military base of the Roman army in Britain, housing the Second Augustan Legion and featuring extensive barracks, baths, and an amphitheatre.

A. Ribchester Roman fort
Ribchester Roman fort is a significant Roman military site in Lancashire, England, known for its well-preserved remains and rich archaeological finds from the Roman occupation of Britain.
B. Richborough Roman Fort
Richborough Roman Fort is a major archaeological site in Kent, England, that preserves the remains of a significant Roman military and port complex marking one of the main entry points of Roman Britain.
C. Segedunum Roman Fort
Segedunum Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort and museum at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall in Wallsend, England.
D. Caer Gybi Roman fort
Caer Gybi Roman fort is a small, late Roman coastal fortlet on Holy Island in Anglesey, Wales, built to defend the harbor and later associated with early Christian monastic activity.
E. Saalburg Roman fort
Saalburg Roman fort is a reconstructed Roman military camp in Germany that served as part of the frontier defenses along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and now functions as an archaeological park and museum.
F. None of above. chosen