Temple of Saturn
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The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, historically associated with the god Saturn and serving as the state treasury of the Roman Republic and Empire.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple of Saturn canonical | 16 |
| Capitoline Hill temples | 1 |
| Temple of Saturn treasury (aerarium) | 1 |
| temple of Saturn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337568 — 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: Temple of Saturn Context triple: [Forum Romanum, contains, Temple of Saturn]
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A.
Pantheon
The Pantheon is an ancient Roman temple in Rome renowned for its massive unreinforced concrete dome and oculus, and for being one of the best-preserved and most influential buildings of classical architecture.
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B.
Curia Julia
Curia Julia was the principal meeting house of the Roman Senate in the Forum Romanum, commissioned by Julius Caesar and completed under Augustus.
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C.
Temple of Apollo
The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sanctuary of the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece, renowned as a major religious and cultural center dedicated to the god Apollo.
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D.
Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, commemorating Emperor Titus’s victory in the Jewish War and famed for its reliefs depicting the spoils from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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E.
Mausoleum of Augustus
The Mausoleum of Augustus is a monumental circular tomb in Rome built by the first Roman emperor, Augustus, to serve as his dynastic burial place.
- 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: Temple of Saturn Target entity description: The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, historically associated with the god Saturn and serving as the state treasury of the Roman Republic and Empire.
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A.
Pantheon
The Pantheon is an ancient Roman temple in Rome renowned for its massive unreinforced concrete dome and oculus, and for being one of the best-preserved and most influential buildings of classical architecture.
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B.
Curia Julia
Curia Julia was the principal meeting house of the Roman Senate in the Forum Romanum, commissioned by Julius Caesar and completed under Augustus.
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C.
Temple of Apollo
The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sanctuary of the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece, renowned as a major religious and cultural center dedicated to the god Apollo.
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D.
Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, commemorating Emperor Titus’s victory in the Jewish War and famed for its reliefs depicting the spoils from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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E.
Mausoleum of Augustus
The Mausoleum of Augustus is a monumental circular tomb in Rome built by the first Roman emperor, Augustus, to serve as his dynastic burial place.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman temple
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ruin ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Roman temple architecture ⓘ |
| associatedFestival | Saturnalia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman Senate
ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ Roman state finances ⓘ |
| coordinates | 41.8925°N 12.4853°E ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culture |
Roman Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Rome
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| currentCondition | ruin ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saturn ⓘ |
| dedicationDate | 17 December ⓘ |
| earlierConstruction | Republican period ⓘ |
| faces | Via Sacra ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Temple of Saturn
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
temple of Saturn
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| function |
aerarium Saturni
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state treasury ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cella
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columns ⓘ entablature ⓘ inscription ⓘ pediment ⓘ podium ⓘ pronaos ⓘ stairs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Rome ⓘ |
| housedObject |
laws and decrees
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military standards ⓘ public records ⓘ state archives ⓘ state treasury reserves ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Lazio ⓘ Roman Forum ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
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travertine ⓘ tuff ⓘ |
| near |
Arch of Septimius Severus
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Rostra ⓘ Temple of Vespasian and Titus ⓘ |
| numberOfColumnsFront | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfColumnsSide | 2 ⓘ |
| order | Ionic order ⓘ |
| reconstructedIn | 4th century AD ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| visibleRemains | eight columns with entablature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Temple of Saturn Description of subject: The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, historically associated with the god Saturn and serving as the state treasury of the Roman Republic and Empire.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Regio VIII Forum Romanum
subject surface form:
Regio VIII Forum Romanum
this entity surface form:
Temple of Saturn treasury (aerarium)
subject surface form:
Tabularium
this entity surface form:
temple of Saturn
this entity surface form:
Capitoline Hill temples