Aquileia
E228801
Aquileia was an important ancient Roman city and trading hub in northeastern Italy, near the Adriatic Sea, known for its strategic military and commercial significance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aquileia canonical | 17 |
| Aquileia region | 1 |
| city of Aquileia | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
ancient Roman city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalFeatures |
amphitheatre
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ forum remains ⓘ river port ⓘ |
| attackedBy | Attila the Hun ⓘ |
| connectedBy | Roman road network ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Via Annia
ⓘ
Via Postumia ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| declineCause |
barbarian invasions
ⓘ
shift of trade routes ⓘ |
| economicRole |
commercial center
ⓘ
major trading hub ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Latin colony ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 181 BC ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological remains
ⓘ
early Christian basilica ⓘ mosaic floors ⓘ |
| languageHistorical | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Friuli Venezia Giulia
ⓘ
surface form:
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Northeastern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
northeastern Italy
|
| locatedNear | Adriatic Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Natissa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernMunicipalityName | Aquileia self-link ⓘ |
| modernProvince | Province of Udine ⓘ |
| notableBuilding | Basilica of Aquileia ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
frontier fortress
ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| patriarchateEstablishedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| peakImportanceInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| populationAtPeakApprox | 100000 ⓘ |
| provinceCapitalOf |
Roman province of Venetia et Histria
ⓘ
Roman province of Venetia et Histria ⓘ
surface form:
Roman province of X Regio Venetia et Histria
|
| regionHistoricallyAssociatedWith |
Friuli
ⓘ
Veneto ⓘ
surface form:
Venetia
|
| religiousSignificance |
important early Christian center
ⓘ
seat of the Patriarchate of Aquileia ⓘ |
| sackedInYear | 452 ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
base for Roman expansion into Central Europe
ⓘ
base for Roman expansion into the Balkans ⓘ defense against Celtic tribes ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteType | cultural ⓘ |
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: Aquileia Description of subject: Aquileia was an important ancient Roman city and trading hub in northeastern Italy, near the Adriatic Sea, known for its strategic military and commercial significance.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
city of Aquileia
this entity surface form:
Aquileia region