ancient city of Sala Colonia
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The ancient city of Sala Colonia was a Roman-era urban center in present-day Rabat, Morocco, that later became the foundation for the medieval Chellah necropolis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ancient city of Sala Colonia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2315091 — 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: ancient city of Sala Colonia Context triple: [Chellah necropolis, builtOnTopOf, ancient city of Sala Colonia]
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Roman town Sopianae
Roman town Sopianae was an important late Roman settlement in the province of Pannonia, best known today as the archaeological and historical precursor of the modern Hungarian city of Pécs.
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B.
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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C.
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the Roman imperial city and military colony that developed into modern-day Cologne, serving as a major urban and administrative center in the province of Germania Inferior.
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D.
Durostorum
Durostorum was a major Roman military and urban center on the lower Danube, located in the province of Moesia (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
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E.
Scythian Neapolis
Scythian Neapolis was an ancient fortified city and political center of the Scythians located near present-day Simferopol in Crimea.
- 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: ancient city of Sala Colonia Target entity description: The ancient city of Sala Colonia was a Roman-era urban center in present-day Rabat, Morocco, that later became the foundation for the medieval Chellah necropolis.
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A.
Roman town Sopianae
Roman town Sopianae was an important late Roman settlement in the province of Pannonia, best known today as the archaeological and historical precursor of the modern Hungarian city of Pécs.
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B.
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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C.
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the Roman imperial city and military colony that developed into modern-day Cologne, serving as a major urban and administrative center in the province of Germania Inferior.
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D.
Durostorum
Durostorum was a major Roman military and urban center on the lower Danube, located in the province of Moesia (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
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E.
Scythian Neapolis
Scythian Neapolis was an ancient fortified city and political center of the Scythians located near present-day Simferopol in Crimea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman city
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavations |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman Mauretania
ⓘ
Roman North Africa ⓘ |
| chronology | Roman Imperial era ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Late Antiquity
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| followedBy | medieval Chellah necropolis ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Roman authorities of Mauretania Tingitana
ⓘ
Romans ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chellah necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Chellah (site)
Sala ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative center
ⓘ
commercial hub ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Sala Colonia ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Bou Regreg estuary ⓘ |
| hasRemains |
baths
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city walls ⓘ forum ⓘ necropolis ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ temples ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Chellah archaeological site ⓘ |
| influencedByCulture |
Berber culture
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Roman culture ⓘ |
| laterOverbuiltBy |
Chellah necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Marinid necropolis at Chellah
|
| locatedIn |
Morocco
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ Rabat-Salé-Kénitra ⓘ
surface form:
Rabat
province of Mauretania Tingitana ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic coast of Morocco
ⓘ
left bank of the Bou Regreg River ⓘ |
| modernSiteName |
Chellah necropolis
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surface form:
Chellah
|
| nearbyModernCity | Rabat ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Salé
ⓘ
surface form:
modern city of Salé
|
| partOf |
Mauretania Tingitana
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy | pre-Roman settlement at Chellah ⓘ |
| region | Rabat-Salé-Kénitra ⓘ |
| usedAs |
municipal center
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port city ⓘ trading center ⓘ urban center ⓘ |
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Subject: ancient city of Sala Colonia Description of subject: The ancient city of Sala Colonia was a Roman-era urban center in present-day Rabat, Morocco, that later became the foundation for the medieval Chellah necropolis.
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