Grumentum

E227685

ancient city archaeological site

Grumentum was an important ancient city of Lucania in southern Italy, known for its strategic location and Roman-era remains.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grumentum canonical	3
Grumento Nova	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2043450 — 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: Grumentum
Context triple: [Lucania, majorCity, Grumentum]

A. Comporellon
Comporellon is a frigid, bureaucratic planet in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe, notable for its harsh climate and rigid legalism encountered in the novel "Foundation and Earth."
B. Horcón
Horcón is a small rural village in Chile’s Elqui Valley, known for its scenic Andean surroundings and traditional agricultural lifestyle.
C. Carbentus
Carbentus is a Dutch surname historically borne by Anna Cornelia Carbentus, the mother of painter Vincent van Gogh.
D. Melipal
Melipal is one of the Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, used for advanced optical and infrared astronomical observations.
E. Broglien
A Broglien is a resident or native of the commune of Broglie in the Eure department of northern 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: Grumentum
Target entity description: Grumentum was an important ancient city of Lucania in southern Italy, known for its strategic location and Roman-era remains.

A. Comporellon
Comporellon is a frigid, bureaucratic planet in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe, notable for its harsh climate and rigid legalism encountered in the novel "Foundation and Earth."
B. Horcón
Horcón is a small rural village in Chile’s Elqui Valley, known for its scenic Andean surroundings and traditional agricultural lifestyle.
C. Carbentus
Carbentus is a Dutch surname historically borne by Anna Cornelia Carbentus, the mother of painter Vincent van Gogh.
D. Melipal
Melipal is one of the Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, used for advanced optical and infrared astronomical observations.
E. Broglien
A Broglien is a resident or native of the commune of Broglie in the Eure department of northern France.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedInCentury	Middle Ages ⓘ
accessibleFrom	Matera ⓘ Potenza ⓘ
administeredBy	Directorate-General for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape ⓘ surface form: Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Basilicata
coordinateLocation	40.2833° N 15.8833° E ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Roman ⓘ
declinePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ
excavatedFrom	20th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Romans ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	3rd century BC ⓘ
hasStrategicLocation	near passes from Campania to Lucania ⓘ on route between Venusia and Heraclea ⓘ
hasStructure	Roman amphitheatre ⓘ Roman theatre ⓘ aqueduct remains ⓘ cardo and decumanus street grid ⓘ city gate remains ⓘ domus with mosaics ⓘ forum complex ⓘ thermal baths ⓘ
heritageDesignation	archaeological park ⓘ
historicalRegion	Lucania ⓘ
knownFor	Roman-era remains ⓘ amphitheatre ⓘ baths ⓘ city walls ⓘ forum ⓘ mosaics ⓘ temples ⓘ theatre ⓘ
locatedIn	Basilicata ⓘ Lucania ⓘ Val d’Agri ⓘ province of Potenza ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
locatedNear	Agri River NERFINISHED ⓘ Grumentum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grumento Nova Pertusillo Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyModernSettlement	Grumentum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grumento Nova
partOf	Magna Graecia ⓘ
regionType	inland hill country ⓘ
status	Roman municipium ⓘ
timeOfPeak	Imperial Roman period ⓘ
usedAs	military stronghold ⓘ strategic garrison town ⓘ
wasMunicipiumUnder	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Lucania → majorCity → Grumentum ⓘ

Basilicata → containsArchaeologicalSite → Grumentum ⓘ

Lucani → capitalOrMainCenter → Grumentum ⓘ

Grumentum → locatedNear → Grumentum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grumento Nova

Grumentum → nearbyModernSettlement → Grumentum self-linksurface differs ⓘ