Sarmizegetusa Regia
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Sarmizegetusa Regia was the fortified mountain capital of the ancient Dacian kingdom, renowned as its political, religious, and military center before being conquered by the Romans.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarmizegetusa Regia canonical | 7 |
| Dacian fortresses | 1 |
| Sarmizegetusa | 1 |
| Sarmizegetusa (traditional attribution) | 1 |
| Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3344416 — 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: Sarmizegetusa Regia Context triple: [Dacian Wars, capitalCaptured, Sarmizegetusa Regia]
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A.
Dacia Ripensis
Dacia Ripensis was a late Roman province along the Danube frontier in the Balkans, known as a militarized border region of the empire.
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B.
Arges
Arges is one of the three primordial Cyclopes in Greek mythology, known as a one-eyed giant associated with thunder and lightning.
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C.
Singidunum
Singidunum was the ancient Roman and earlier Celtic settlement that occupied the site of present-day Belgrade, Serbia.
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D.
Gamzigrad (Felix Romuliana)
Gamzigrad (Felix Romuliana) is an ancient Roman imperial palace and memorial complex in present-day Serbia, best known as the monumental residence and mausoleum of Emperor Galerius and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Rumuola
Rumuola is a prominent urban neighborhood and transport hub in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
- 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: Sarmizegetusa Regia Target entity description: Sarmizegetusa Regia was the fortified mountain capital of the ancient Dacian kingdom, renowned as its political, religious, and military center before being conquered by the Romans.
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A.
Dacia Ripensis
Dacia Ripensis was a late Roman province along the Danube frontier in the Balkans, known as a militarized border region of the empire.
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B.
Arges
Arges is one of the three primordial Cyclopes in Greek mythology, known as a one-eyed giant associated with thunder and lightning.
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C.
Singidunum
Singidunum was the ancient Roman and earlier Celtic settlement that occupied the site of present-day Belgrade, Serbia.
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D.
Gamzigrad (Felix Romuliana)
Gamzigrad (Felix Romuliana) is an ancient Roman imperial palace and memorial complex in present-day Serbia, best known as the monumental residence and mausoleum of Emperor Galerius and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Rumuola
Rumuola is a prominent urban neighborhood and transport hub in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ former capital ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Decebalus ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Dacian tribes
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surface form:
Dacians
|
| conqueredBy | Trajan ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 45.627 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 23.306 ⓘ |
| country | Romania ⓘ |
| culture | Dacian ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| destructionYear | 106 ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa ⓘ |
| elevation | about 1200 metres ⓘ |
| event |
Dacian Wars
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surface form:
Second Dacian War
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| function |
military center of Dacia
ⓘ
political center of Dacia ⓘ religious center of Dacia ⓘ |
| hasPart |
circular sanctuaries
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civilian settlement ⓘ defensive walls ⓘ fortress ⓘ rectangular sanctuaries ⓘ sacred area ⓘ terraces ⓘ water supply system ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria |
(ii)
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(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dacia
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Hunedoara County ⓘ Orăștie Mountains ⓘ Transylvania ⓘ |
| locatedOn | mountain top ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
stone
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wood ⓘ |
| modernNameLanguage | Romanian ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sarmizegetusa Regia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sarmizegetusa
|
| nearbySettlement | Grădiștea de Munte ⓘ |
| partOf | Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st century AD
ⓘ
1st century BC ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 906 ⓘ |
| usedAs | capital of the Dacian Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sarmizegetusa Regia Description of subject: Sarmizegetusa Regia was the fortified mountain capital of the ancient Dacian kingdom, renowned as its political, religious, and military center before being conquered by the Romans.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sarmizegetusa (traditional attribution)
this entity surface form:
Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
this entity surface form:
Dacian fortresses
this entity surface form:
Sarmizegetusa