Saepinum
E222907
Saepinum was an ancient town of the Samnite people in south-central Italy, later developed into a Roman municipium whose ruins are still visible today.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saepinum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1985395 — 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: Saepinum Context triple: [Samnium, majorSettlement, Saepinum]
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A.
Arpinum
Arpinum is an ancient Italian town in Latium best known as the birthplace of the Roman statesman and orator Cicero.
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B.
Ariminum
Ariminum was an important ancient Roman city on the Adriatic coast of Italy, known today as Rimini.
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C.
Marrucini
The Marrucini were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with neighboring peoples like the Marsi and Paeligni and later incorporated into the Roman state.
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D.
Menetes
Menetes is a genus of rodents in the squirrel family, comprising ground-dwelling squirrels native to parts of Asia.
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E.
Caprile
Caprile is a surname associated with the architectural firm Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects.
- 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: Saepinum Target entity description: Saepinum was an ancient town of the Samnite people in south-central Italy, later developed into a Roman municipium whose ruins are still visible today.
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A.
Arpinum
Arpinum is an ancient Italian town in Latium best known as the birthplace of the Roman statesman and orator Cicero.
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B.
Ariminum
Ariminum was an important ancient Roman city on the Adriatic coast of Italy, known today as Rimini.
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C.
Marrucini
The Marrucini were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with neighboring peoples like the Marsi and Paeligni and later incorporated into the Roman state.
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D.
Menetes
Menetes is a genus of rodents in the squirrel family, comprising ground-dwelling squirrels native to parts of Asia.
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E.
Caprile
Caprile is a surname associated with the architectural firm Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman municipium
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ancient town ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedBy | late antiquity ⓘ |
| ancientPeople | Samnites ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Pescasseroli
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surface form:
Pescasseroli-Candela tratturo
|
| culture |
Samnites
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surface form:
Samnite
|
| currentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| developedBy | Romans ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 550 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Samnites ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Altilia ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
amphitheatre
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basilica ⓘ cardo maximus ⓘ city walls ⓘ Decumanus Maximus ⓘ
surface form:
decumanus maximus
domus with mosaics ⓘ early Christian church ⓘ forum ⓘ four city gates ⓘ inscribed city gates ⓘ macellum ⓘ public baths ⓘ tetrapylon at street crossing ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | archaeological park ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Latin ⓘ |
| laterCulture | Roman ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Molise ⓘ Province of Campobasso ⓘ south-central Italy ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Samnium ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Tammaro River valley
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sheep transhumance route ⓘ |
| mainEconomicFunction |
market town
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pastoral centre ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement |
Guardiaregia
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Sepino ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of Samnite and Roman phases
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well-preserved Roman urban layout ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Samnium ⓘ |
| periodOfMajorDevelopment |
1st century AD
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Augustan age ⓘ |
| romanMunicipalTribe | Voltinia ⓘ |
| statusInRomanPeriod | municipium ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saepinum Description of subject: Saepinum was an ancient town of the Samnite people in south-central Italy, later developed into a Roman municipium whose ruins are still visible today.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.