Roman province of Judea
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The Roman province of Judea was an imperial territory in the eastern Mediterranean that encompassed Jerusalem and surrounding regions, serving as a focal point of Jewish-Roman tensions and several major revolts in the first and second centuries CE.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4989326 — 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: Roman province of Judea Context triple: [Diospolis, locatedIn, Roman province of Judea]
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Roman province of Arabia Petraea
The Roman province of Arabia Petraea was a frontier province of the Roman Empire established in the early 2nd century CE, encompassing parts of modern-day Jordan, northwestern Saudi Arabia, southern Syria, and the Sinai Peninsula, with Petra and later Bostra as key centers.
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Roman province of Cilicia
The Roman province of Cilicia was a southeastern Anatolian coastal region of the Roman Empire, centered around Tarsus, that served as a key strategic and commercial crossroads between Asia Minor, Syria, and the eastern Mediterranean.
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Roman province of Asia
The Roman province of Asia was a wealthy and culturally significant region in western Anatolia, encompassing major ancient cities such as Ephesus, Pergamon, and Smyrna under Roman rule.
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Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
The Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima was an administrative region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Levant, centered on major cities such as Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem during Late Antiquity.
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Roman province of Osrhoene
The Roman province of Osrhoene was a frontier region in Upper Mesopotamia centered on the city of Edessa, known as a cultural and religious crossroads between the Roman and Persian worlds.
- 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: Roman province of Judea Target entity description: The Roman province of Judea was an imperial territory in the eastern Mediterranean that encompassed Jerusalem and surrounding regions, serving as a focal point of Jewish-Roman tensions and several major revolts in the first and second centuries CE.
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A.
Roman province of Arabia Petraea
The Roman province of Arabia Petraea was a frontier province of the Roman Empire established in the early 2nd century CE, encompassing parts of modern-day Jordan, northwestern Saudi Arabia, southern Syria, and the Sinai Peninsula, with Petra and later Bostra as key centers.
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B.
Roman province of Cilicia
The Roman province of Cilicia was a southeastern Anatolian coastal region of the Roman Empire, centered around Tarsus, that served as a key strategic and commercial crossroads between Asia Minor, Syria, and the eastern Mediterranean.
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C.
Roman province of Asia
The Roman province of Asia was a wealthy and culturally significant region in western Anatolia, encompassing major ancient cities such as Ephesus, Pergamon, and Smyrna under Roman rule.
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D.
Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
The Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima was an administrative region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Levant, centered on major cities such as Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem during Late Antiquity.
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E.
Roman province of Osrhoene
The Roman province of Osrhoene was a frontier region in Upper Mesopotamia centered on the city of Edessa, known as a cultural and religious crossroads between the Roman and Persian worlds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman province
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former administrative territorial entity ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Mediterranean Sea
NERFINISHED
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Nabataean Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonLanguage |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| conflict | Jewish–Roman wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Idumea
NERFINISHED
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Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Judean Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal plain of Palestine ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| currency |
Roman denarius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
provincial bronze coinage ⓘ |
| dissolved | 135 CE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Greeks
NERFINISHED
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Jews ⓘ Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event |
Bar Kokhba revolt
NERFINISHED
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Census of Quirinius NERFINISHED ⓘ First Jewish–Roman War NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitos War NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Roman province of Galilee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman province of Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Syria Palaestina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Roman prefect
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Roman procurator ⓘ legatus Augusti pro praetore (after elevation) ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentForm | Roman imperial province ⓘ |
| inception | 6 CE ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Mediterranean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOfficeHolder |
Antonius Felix
NERFINISHED
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Coponius NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontius Pilate NERFINISHED ⓘ Porcius Festus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Empire
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Roman Syria (after 6 CE administratively linked) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Herodian Kingdom of Judea
NERFINISHED
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Herodian Tetrarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Greco-Roman polytheism
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Judaism ⓘ |
| significantFor |
destruction of the Second Temple
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early history of Christianity ⓘ origins of Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st century CE
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2nd century CE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roman province of Judea Description of subject: The Roman province of Judea was an imperial territory in the eastern Mediterranean that encompassed Jerusalem and surrounding regions, serving as a focal point of Jewish-Roman tensions and several major revolts in the first and second centuries CE.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Judea (Roman province)
this entity surface form:
Roman province of Judaea
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this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
Roman province of Judaea
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
subject surface form:
the Twelve
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
Roman province of Judaea
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
subject surface form:
Mary (novel)
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
Roman province of Judaea
this entity surface form:
Judea under Roman rule
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
Judea proper (under direct Roman rule)
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
subject surface form:
Taricheae
this entity surface form:
Roman province of Judea (administrative sphere)
this entity surface form:
Roman Judea
this entity surface form:
province of Judaea (Roman Empire)
subject surface form:
Siege of Gamla
this entity surface form:
Roman province of Judaea
this entity surface form:
Roman provincial Judea