Castra Vetera
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Castra Vetera was a major Roman military fortress and legionary base on the Rhine frontier in Germania Inferior, near modern Xanten in Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Castra Vetera canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22415617 — 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: Castra Vetera Context triple: [siege of Castra Vetera, location, Castra Vetera]
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A.
Castra Regina
Castra Regina was a major Roman military camp and later town on the Danube, located at what is now Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany.
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B.
Timgad
Timgad was a prominent Roman colonial city in present-day Algeria, renowned for its well-preserved grid layout and extensive ruins that exemplify urban planning in Roman North Africa.
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C.
Felix Romuliana
Felix Romuliana is a late Roman imperial palace and memorial complex built by Emperor Galerius, renowned for its well-preserved fortifications and mosaics in eastern Serbia.
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D.
Bostra Nova Trajana
Bostra Nova Trajana is the Roman-era name of the ancient city of Bosra, a major provincial capital and strategic hub in the province of Arabia Petraea.
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E.
Carnuntum
Carnuntum was a major Roman military camp and later a significant provincial capital and trading city on the Danube frontier in what is now eastern Austria.
- 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: Castra Vetera Target entity description: Castra Vetera was a major Roman military fortress and legionary base on the Rhine frontier in Germania Inferior, near modern Xanten in Germany.
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A.
Castra Regina
Castra Regina was a major Roman military camp and later town on the Danube, located at what is now Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany.
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B.
Timgad
Timgad was a prominent Roman colonial city in present-day Algeria, renowned for its well-preserved grid layout and extensive ruins that exemplify urban planning in Roman North Africa.
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C.
Felix Romuliana
Felix Romuliana is a late Roman imperial palace and memorial complex built by Emperor Galerius, renowned for its well-preserved fortifications and mosaics in eastern Serbia.
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D.
Bostra Nova Trajana
Bostra Nova Trajana is the Roman-era name of the ancient city of Bosra, a major provincial capital and strategic hub in the province of Arabia Petraea.
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E.
Carnuntum
Carnuntum was a major Roman military camp and later a significant provincial capital and trading city on the Danube frontier in what is now eastern Austria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.