Frigidus River

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The Frigidus River is an ancient waterway in the eastern Alps, historically renowned as the site of a decisive battle between Roman imperial forces in 394 AD.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Frigidus River canonical 1
Frigidus River valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient river ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedWith Arbogast ⓘ
Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ
Eugenius ⓘ
Theodosius I ⓘ
climateCharacteristic cold waters ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
flowsThrough Vipava Valley ⓘ
historicalNameOf Vipava River ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem Adriatic Sea drainage basin ⓘ
knownFor Battle of the Frigidus ⓘ
locatedIn Alps ⓘ
Illyricum ⓘ
eastern Alps ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Alps

modern Slovenia ⓘ
mentionedIn late Roman historical sources ⓘ
modernCountry Slovenia ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Soča River basin ⓘ
nameEtymology Latin frigidus meaning cold ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire frontier regions ⓘ
region Noricum-Illyricum border area ⓘ
relevance turning point in Roman religious and political history ⓘ
significantEvent decisive battle between Roman imperial forces ⓘ
significantEventDate 394 AD ⓘ
siteOf Battle of the Frigidus ⓘ
strategicImportance military route through eastern Alps ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 4th century AD ⓘ
usedAs battlefield landmark ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Frigidus → location → Frigidus River ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of the Frigidus in 394
Battle of the Frigidus → place → Frigidus River valley ⓘ
linked to: Frigidus River