Roman Britain

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historical period province of the Roman Empire

Roman Britain was the period of British history when much of the island was under the control of the Roman Empire, marked by extensive military fortifications, urbanization, and the introduction of Roman law, culture, and infrastructure.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Britain canonical	111
Latin Britannia	1
Roman Britain (heritage remains)	1
Roman occupation of Britain	1
Roman period in Britain	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ province of the Roman Empire ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Roman law in Britain ⓘ
appliesToPart	island of Great Britain ⓘ modern England ⓘ parts of modern Scotland ⓘ parts of modern Wales ⓘ
capital	Londinium ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
culture	Roman culture ⓘ Romano-British culture ⓘ
economy	Roman provincial economy ⓘ
endTime	410 ⓘ early 5th century ⓘ
followed	ancient Britain ⓘ surface form: Iron Age Britain
followedBy	sub-Roman Britain ⓘ surface form: Sub-Roman Britain
hasPart	Antonine Wall ⓘ Britannia Inferior ⓘ Britannia Superior ⓘ Flavia Caesariensis ⓘ Hadrian's Wall ⓘ Maxima Caesariensis ⓘ Roman Baths ⓘ surface form: Roman baths in Britain Roman forts in Britain ⓘ Roman roads in Britain ⓘ Roman towns in Britain ⓘ Roman villas in Britain ⓘ Saxon Shore forts ⓘ Valentia ⓘ province of Britannia ⓘ
hasPopulation	Roman soldiers ⓘ Romanized Britons ⓘ surface form: Romano-Britons indigenous Celtic tribes ⓘ
knownFor	Romanization of local elites ⓘ development of road network in Britain ⓘ introduction of Roman architecture ⓘ introduction of Roman law ⓘ military frontier systems ⓘ urbanization of Britain ⓘ
languageUsed	Latin ⓘ
partOf	Western Roman Empire ⓘ
religion	Roman paganism ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent	Boudican revolt ⓘ Carausian Revolt ⓘ Great Conspiracy ⓘ Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ construction of Antonine Wall ⓘ construction of Hadrian's Wall ⓘ withdrawal of Roman administration from Britain ⓘ
significantPlace	Camulodunum ⓘ Corinium Dobunnorum ⓘ Deva Victrix ⓘ Eboracum ⓘ Isca Augusta ⓘ Dumnonia ⓘ surface form: Isca Dumnoniorum Londinium ⓘ Verulamium ⓘ Vindolanda ⓘ
startTime	1st century ⓘ 43 ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical antiquity ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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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: Roman Britain
Description of subject: Roman Britain was the period of British history when much of the island was under the control of the Roman Empire, marked by extensive military fortifications, urbanization, and the introduction of Roman law, culture, and infrastructure.

Referenced by (115)

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

Segedunum Roman Fort → timePeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Vindolanda → archaeologicalPeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Fosse Way → era → Roman Britain ⓘ

Fosse Way → historicalRegion → Roman Britain ⓘ

Birdoswald Roman Fort → period → Roman Britain ⓘ

Stane Street → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Britannia → originatesFrom → Roman Britain ⓘ

Britannia → nameDerivedFrom → Roman Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Britannia

Richborough Roman Fort → timePeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Roman fort of Mamucium → partOf → Roman Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Mamucium

Ilchester → historicalEra → Roman Britain ⓘ

Cirencester → wasSecondLargestTownIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Confessio → associatedWith → Roman Britain ⓘ

Anglo-Saxon England → followed → Roman Britain ⓘ

Lindum Colonia → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

The History of England → timePeriodCovered → Roman Britain ⓘ

London Mithraeum → associatedWithPeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Wroxeter Roman City → timePeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Glevum → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Kentish ragstone → historicalPeriodOfMajorUse → Roman Britain ⓘ

Henry of Huntingdon → wroteAbout → Roman Britain ⓘ

Roman conquest of Britain → followedBy → Roman Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman occupation of Britain

Agricola → subject → Roman Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)

Agricola → setting → Roman Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)

Chester, United Kingdom → hasHistoricalPeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester

Deva Victrix → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Deva → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Roman Painted House → heritage → Roman Britain ⓘ

Caledonia → partOf → Roman Britain ⓘ

Eboracum → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Canterbury Roman Museum → heritageFocus → Roman Britain ⓘ

Kinneil Estate → hasHistoricalPeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Ancaster → historicalPeriodSignificance → Roman Britain ⓘ

Ribchester → archaeologicalPeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Heptarchy → precededBy → Roman Britain ⓘ

Red Shift → timePeriodDepicted → Roman Britain ⓘ

Verulamium → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Classis Britannica → operatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Londinium → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Isca Silurum → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Venta Silurum → locatedIn → Roman Britain ⓘ

Valentia → partOf → Roman Britain ⓘ

Boudican revolt → opponent → Roman Britain ⓘ

Boudican revolt → location → Roman Britain ⓘ

Diocese of the Britains → appliesToJurisdiction → Roman Britain ⓘ

Roxeter → hasHistoricalPeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Itinerary II of the Antonine Itinerary → timePeriod → Roman Britain ⓘ

Itinerary II of the Antonine Itinerary → geographicLocation → Roman Britain ⓘ

Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) → location → Roman Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Watling Street

Great Bath → era → Roman Britain ⓘ