Bracara Augusta
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Bracara Augusta was an important Roman city in the province of Gallaecia, which later evolved into the modern Portuguese city of Braga.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bracara Augusta canonical | 9 |
| Bracara | 1 |
| royal court at Bracara Augusta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7179699 — 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: Bracara Augusta Context triple: [Braga, historicalName, Bracara Augusta]
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A.
Aquincum
Aquincum was an important ancient Roman military and civilian settlement located in what is now northern Budapest, Hungary.
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B.
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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C.
Argentoratum
Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
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D.
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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E.
Durostorum
Durostorum was a major Roman military and urban center on the lower Danube, located in the province of Moesia (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
- 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: Bracara Augusta Target entity description: Bracara Augusta was an important Roman city in the province of Gallaecia, which later evolved into the modern Portuguese city of Braga.
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A.
Aquincum
Aquincum was an important ancient Roman military and civilian settlement located in what is now northern Budapest, Hungary.
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B.
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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C.
Argentoratum
Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
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D.
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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E.
Durostorum
Durostorum was a major Roman military and urban center on the lower Danube, located in the province of Moesia (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman city
ⓘ
former provincial capital ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Bracari ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryToday | Portugal ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
1st century AD
ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ 3rd century AD ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Romans ⓘ |
| hadInfrastructure |
aqueducts
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ forum ⓘ theatre ⓘ thermae ⓘ |
| hadStatus |
municipium
ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | Roman ruins in Braga ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | important archaeological heritage of Portugal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Roman urban planning
ⓘ
administrative importance in Gallaecia ⓘ archaeological remains ⓘ |
| laterBecame | episcopal see of Braga ⓘ |
| laterReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| linkedBy | Roman roads in Gallaecia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hispania
ⓘ
linked to:
Hispania (probable)
Roman province of Gallaecia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Braga
ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ |
| modernName | Braga ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Emperor Augustus
ⓘ
linked to:
Augustus
|
| nearRiver |
Cávado River
ⓘ
Este River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Hispania ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Spain
|
| region | northwestern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| religionInRomanPeriod | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the Roman province of Gallaecia ⓘ |
| successorSettlement |
medieval city of Braga
ⓘ
modern city of Braga ⓘ |
| urbanType | planned Roman city ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
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: Bracara Augusta Description of subject: Bracara Augusta was an important Roman city in the province of Gallaecia, which later evolved into the modern Portuguese city of Braga.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bracara Augusta
subject linked to:
Hispania (probable)
linked to: Bracara Augusta
subject linked to:
Roman city of Lucus Augusti