Italica (renamed Corfinium)
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Italica, later renamed Corfinium, was an ancient city in central Italy that served as the political and military center of the Italian allies during the Social War against Rome.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Italica | 1 |
| Italica (renamed Corfinium) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8227064 — 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: Italica (renamed Corfinium) Context triple: [Marsic Confederation, capital, Italica (renamed Corfinium)]
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A.
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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B.
Apulum
Apulum is the ancient Roman name of the city now known as Alba Iulia in central Romania, once an important military and administrative center in the province of Dacia.
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C.
Tauromenium
Tauromenium was an ancient Greek city on the eastern coast of Sicily, later known as Taormina, renowned for its strategic hilltop location and well-preserved Hellenistic-Roman theater.
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D.
Bracara Augusta
Bracara Augusta was an important Roman city in the province of Gallaecia, which later evolved into the modern Portuguese city of Braga.
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E.
Mogontiacum
Mogontiacum was the major Roman military and administrative settlement that later developed into the modern German city of Mainz.
- 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: Italica (renamed Corfinium) Target entity description: Italica, later renamed Corfinium, was an ancient city in central Italy that served as the political and military center of the Italian allies during the Social War against Rome.
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A.
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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B.
Apulum
Apulum is the ancient Roman name of the city now known as Alba Iulia in central Romania, once an important military and administrative center in the province of Dacia.
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C.
Tauromenium
Tauromenium was an ancient Greek city on the eastern coast of Sicily, later known as Taormina, renowned for its strategic hilltop location and well-preserved Hellenistic-Roman theater.
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D.
Bracara Augusta
Bracara Augusta was an important Roman city in the province of Gallaecia, which later evolved into the modern Portuguese city of Braga.
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E.
Mogontiacum
Mogontiacum was the major Roman military and administrative settlement that later developed into the modern German city of Mainz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Italian War (91–88 BC)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Social War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Italian allies during the Social War
ⓘ
the so‑called Italic Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culture |
Italic
ⓘ
Roman ⓘ |
| declineAfter | end of the Social War ⓘ |
| floruit | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| hadRole |
headquarters of the Italian allies’ senate
ⓘ
minting center for the Italian allies ⓘ seat of the rebel government against Rome ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
city walls
ⓘ
coin hoards ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ public buildings ⓘ |
| historicalFunction | center of resistance to Roman hegemony by Italian allies ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Abruzzo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valle Peligna NERFINISHED ⓘ central Italy ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Aterno River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern Corfinio ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Appian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| minted | coinage of the Italian allies ⓘ |
| modernSiteWithin | Province of L’Aquila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyAncientPeoples |
Marrucini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marsi NERFINISHED ⓘ Vestini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | territory of the Paeligni ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | de facto capital of Italy during the Social War ⓘ |
| previousName | Italica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionInAntiquity | Samnium–Paeligni area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| renamedAs | Corfinium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs |
military center of the Italian allies during the Social War
ⓘ
political center of the Italian allies during the Social War ⓘ |
| strategicFeature |
command of routes across the central Apennines
ⓘ
control of access between Adriatic and Tyrrhenian regions ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Italian allies of Rome
ⓘ
Marsic coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Italica (renamed Corfinium) Description of subject: Italica, later renamed Corfinium, was an ancient city in central Italy that served as the political and military center of the Italian allies during the Social War against Rome.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.