Via Nomentana
E143027
Via Nomentana is an ancient Roman road in Italy that runs northeast from Rome and is known for passing several historic sites, including early Christian catacombs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Via Nomentana canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1241686 — 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: Via Nomentana Context triple: [Catacombs of Rome, locatedAlong, Via Nomentana]
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A.
Via Flaminia
Via Flaminia was a major ancient Roman consular road that connected Rome to the Adriatic Sea, serving as a crucial route for military, commercial, and administrative travel in central Italy.
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B.
Via Ostiense
Via Ostiense is a historic road in Rome that connects the city center to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls and the ancient port of Ostia.
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C.
Via Appia
Via Appia is one of the earliest and most important ancient Roman roads, historically serving as a major route connecting Rome to southern Italy.
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D.
Via Aemilia
Via Aemilia was a major Roman consular road in northern Italy that connected key cities such as Ariminum (Rimini) and Placentia (Piacenza), fostering trade and military movement across the region.
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E.
Via Sacra
Via Sacra was the main ceremonial street of ancient Rome, running through the Roman Forum and used for triumphal processions and public religious events.
- 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: Via Nomentana Target entity description: Via Nomentana is an ancient Roman road in Italy that runs northeast from Rome and is known for passing several historic sites, including early Christian catacombs.
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A.
Via Flaminia
Via Flaminia was a major ancient Roman consular road that connected Rome to the Adriatic Sea, serving as a crucial route for military, commercial, and administrative travel in central Italy.
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B.
Via Ostiense
Via Ostiense is a historic road in Rome that connects the city center to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls and the ancient port of Ostia.
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C.
Via Appia
Via Appia is one of the earliest and most important ancient Roman roads, historically serving as a major route connecting Rome to southern Italy.
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D.
Via Aemilia
Via Aemilia was a major Roman consular road in northern Italy that connected key cities such as Ariminum (Rimini) and Placentia (Piacenza), fostering trade and military movement across the region.
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E.
Via Sacra
Via Sacra was the main ceremonial street of ancient Rome, running through the Roman Forum and used for triumphal processions and public religious events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Roman road ⓘ |
| connects |
Nomentum
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| eraOfConstruction |
Republican Rome (approximate)
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Republic
|
| hasCulturalSignificance | Christian pilgrimage route (historically) ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Roman road network ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Nomentum ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite |
Christian basilicas
ⓘ
early Christian cemeteries ⓘ |
| hasPart | sections of ancient pavement ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| knownFor |
archaeological interest
ⓘ
early Christian catacombs ⓘ historic sites ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italian Peninsula
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| modernUse |
interurban road
ⓘ
urban road ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
commercial route
ⓘ
military route ⓘ |
| originalTerminus | Nomentum ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman consular roads system ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Lazio
ⓘ
suburbs of Rome ⓘ |
| roadType | overland road ⓘ |
| runsDirection | northeast from Rome ⓘ |
| surface | stone-paved (historically) ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Roman legions
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman legion
Roman merchants ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Via Nomentana Description of subject: Via Nomentana is an ancient Roman road in Italy that runs northeast from Rome and is known for passing several historic sites, including early Christian catacombs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ponte Nomentano (over the Aniene)
subject linked to:
Ponte Nomentano (over the Aniene)