Jotapata
E381198
Jotapata was an ancient fortified town in Galilee, best known as the site of a major Roman siege and conquest during Vespasian’s campaign in the First Jewish–Roman War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jotapata canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3720481 — 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: Jotapata Context triple: [Galilean campaign of Vespasian, capturedCity, Jotapata]
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A.
Battle of Oltenitza
The Battle of Oltenitza was an 1853 engagement of the Crimean War in which Ottoman forces crossed the Danube and clashed with the Russian army near the town of Oltenița in Wallachia.
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B.
Kasterborous
Kasterborous is the fictional stellar system in the Doctor Who universe that contains the Time Lords’ home planet, Gallifrey.
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C.
Battle of Italeni
The Battle of Italeni was a key 1838 clash during the conflicts between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom in what is now South Africa, marked by a significant Boer defeat that shaped the course of the Great Trek.
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D.
Battle of the Smala
The Battle of the Smala was an 1843 French cavalry raid in Algeria that captured the mobile encampment of Emir Abdelkader, dealing a major blow to Algerian resistance during the French conquest.
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E.
Battle of Sybota
The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.
- 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: Jotapata Target entity description: Jotapata was an ancient fortified town in Galilee, best known as the site of a major Roman siege and conquest during Vespasian’s campaign in the First Jewish–Roman War.
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A.
Battle of Oltenitza
The Battle of Oltenitza was an 1853 engagement of the Crimean War in which Ottoman forces crossed the Danube and clashed with the Russian army near the town of Oltenița in Wallachia.
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B.
Kasterborous
Kasterborous is the fictional stellar system in the Doctor Who universe that contains the Time Lords’ home planet, Gallifrey.
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C.
Battle of Italeni
The Battle of Italeni was a key 1838 clash during the conflicts between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom in what is now South Africa, marked by a significant Boer defeat that shaped the course of the Great Trek.
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D.
Battle of the Smala
The Battle of the Smala was an 1843 French cavalry raid in Algeria that captured the mobile encampment of Emir Abdelkader, dealing a major blow to Algerian resistance during the French conquest.
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E.
Battle of Sybota
The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient town
ⓘ
fortified settlement ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Yodfat ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Flavius Josephus
ⓘ
Titus ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Roman army
ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Titus
ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ |
| conflict |
siege of Jotapata
ⓘ
surface form:
Siege of Jotapata
|
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Jewish ⓘ |
| defendedBy |
Jewish rebels
ⓘ
Flavius Josephus ⓘ
surface form:
Josephus
|
| describedBy | Flavius Josephus ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
ⓘ
surface form:
The Jewish War
|
| era |
Jerusalem in the Second Temple period
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Temple period
|
| event | massacre of inhabitants after Roman conquest ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Israeli archaeologists ⓘ |
| feature |
fortification walls
ⓘ
steep ravines ⓘ |
| governorDuringWar |
Flavius Josephus
ⓘ
surface form:
Josephus
|
| hasHebrewName | Yodfat ⓘ |
| hasRole | strategic stronghold in Galilee ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Roman conquest by Vespasian
ⓘ
siege during the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galilee
ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Judea
|
| locatedNear |
Ptolemais
ⓘ
Sepphoris ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | ancient Roman historiography ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Israel ⓘ |
| modernName | Yodfat ⓘ |
| notableOutcome | capture of Josephus by Romans ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jewish–Roman wars
ⓘ
surface form:
First Jewish–Roman War
Herodian Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Herodian Kingdom of Judea
|
| regionHistorical |
Galilee
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Galilee
|
| religionHistorical | Judaism ⓘ |
| result | Roman victory ⓘ |
| siegeEndDate | 67 CE ⓘ |
| siegeStartDate | 67 CE ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of Galilean interior routes ⓘ |
| terrain | hilltop ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jotapata Description of subject: Jotapata was an ancient fortified town in Galilee, best known as the site of a major Roman siege and conquest during Vespasian’s campaign in the First Jewish–Roman War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.