Asturica Augusta
E264261
Asturica Augusta was an important Roman city in northwestern Hispania, known today as Astorga in Spain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asturica Augusta canonical | 10 |
| Roman city of Asturica Augusta (Astorga) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2405981 — 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: Asturica Augusta Context triple: [Astorga, hasFormerName, Asturica Augusta]
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A.
Celtiberia
Celtiberia was an ancient region of the Iberian Peninsula inhabited by Celtic-speaking tribes who blended Celtic and Iberian cultural elements.
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B.
Italica
Italica was an ancient Roman city in Hispania (near modern Seville, Spain), notable as the birthplace of emperors Trajan and Hadrian.
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C.
Barcino
Barcino is the ancient Roman settlement that formed the historical core of present-day Barcelona, whose remains are still visible in the city's Gothic Quarter.
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D.
Gaetulia
Gaetulia was an ancient region in North Africa inhabited by semi-nomadic Berber tribes, located south of Numidia and extending into the Sahara.
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E.
Argentoratum
Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
- 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: Asturica Augusta Target entity description: Asturica Augusta was an important Roman city in northwestern Hispania, known today as Astorga in Spain.
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A.
Celtiberia
Celtiberia was an ancient region of the Iberian Peninsula inhabited by Celtic-speaking tribes who blended Celtic and Iberian cultural elements.
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B.
Italica
Italica was an ancient Roman city in Hispania (near modern Seville, Spain), notable as the birthplace of emperors Trajan and Hadrian.
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C.
Barcino
Barcino is the ancient Roman settlement that formed the historical core of present-day Barcelona, whose remains are still visible in the city's Gothic Quarter.
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D.
Gaetulia
Gaetulia was an ancient region in North Africa inhabited by semi-nomadic Berber tribes, located south of Numidia and extending into the Sahara.
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E.
Argentoratum
Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Bracara Augusta
ⓘ
Emerita Augusta ⓘ
linked to:
Augusta Emerita
Legio VII Gemina (León) ⓘ
linked to:
Legio VII Gemina
|
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| declinedIn | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
gold mining
ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ |
| flourishedIn |
1st century AD
ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ |
| foundedAs | military camp ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| foundedFor |
administration of conquered Astur tribes
ⓘ
control of gold mining districts ⓘ |
| hasCityWallType | stone fortification ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus |
Bien de Interés Cultural (Astorga archaeological remains)
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman walls of Astorga
|
| hasLatinName | Asturica Augusta ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Astorga ⓘ |
| hasRemainsIn | historic center of Astorga ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGovernment | Roman municipal administration ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFeature |
cardo maximus
ⓘ
decumanus maximus ⓘ forum complex ⓘ public baths ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Roman baths
ⓘ
Roman forum ⓘ Roman sewers ⓘ Roman walls ⓘ archaeological remains ⓘ mosaics ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hispania Tarraconensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Hispania Citerior
northwestern Hispania ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Astorga
ⓘ
Castile and León ⓘ Province of León ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Roman road network in Hispania
ⓘ
Via de la Plata ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Astures ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ |
| religionPracticed | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| servedAs |
administrative center
ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ judicial center ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf | conventus Asturum ⓘ |
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: Asturica Augusta Description of subject: Asturica Augusta was an important Roman city in northwestern Hispania, known today as Astorga in Spain.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Asturica Augusta
subject linked to:
Hispania (probable)
subject linked to:
Roman city of Lucus Augusti
subject linked to:
conventus Asturum
subject linked to:
conventus Asturum
subject linked to:
conventus Asturum