Diocese of Illyricum
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The Diocese of Illyricum was a late Roman administrative district in the Balkans, encompassing parts of the western Balkan Peninsula and serving as an important frontier region of the empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Illyricum canonical | 1 |
| Diocese of Praevalitana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8312865 — 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: Diocese of Illyricum Context triple: [Diocese of Pannonia (de facto), borderedBy, Diocese of Illyricum]
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A.
Diocese of Moesia
The Diocese of Moesia was a late Roman administrative district in the Balkans that encompassed several provinces, including Dardania, under the authority of the Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum.
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B.
Diocese of Dommoc
The Diocese of Dommoc was an early Anglo-Saxon bishopric in the Kingdom of East Anglia, traditionally associated with the see at Dunwich.
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C.
Diocese of Pontus
The Diocese of Pontus was a late Roman administrative and ecclesiastical district in northern Asia Minor, encompassing various provinces and important cities such as Neocaesarea in Pontus.
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D.
Diocese of Chersonese
The Diocese of Chersonese is a jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church that oversees parishes and religious institutions in parts of Western Europe, including the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas.
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E.
Diocese of the East
The Diocese of the East was a major late Roman and early Byzantine administrative diocese encompassing several provinces in the eastern Mediterranean, including parts of Syria and Palestine.
- 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: Diocese of Illyricum Target entity description: The Diocese of Illyricum was a late Roman administrative district in the Balkans, encompassing parts of the western Balkan Peninsula and serving as an important frontier region of the empire.
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A.
Diocese of Moesia
The Diocese of Moesia was a late Roman administrative district in the Balkans that encompassed several provinces, including Dardania, under the authority of the Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum.
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B.
Diocese of Dommoc
The Diocese of Dommoc was an early Anglo-Saxon bishopric in the Kingdom of East Anglia, traditionally associated with the see at Dunwich.
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C.
Diocese of Pontus
The Diocese of Pontus was a late Roman administrative and ecclesiastical district in northern Asia Minor, encompassing various provinces and important cities such as Neocaesarea in Pontus.
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D.
Diocese of Chersonese
The Diocese of Chersonese is a jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church that oversees parishes and religious institutions in parts of Western Europe, including the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas.
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E.
Diocese of the East
The Diocese of the East was a major late Roman and early Byzantine administrative diocese encompassing several provinces in the eastern Mediterranean, including parts of Syria and Palestine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman administrative division
ⓘ
late Roman diocese ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Danube frontier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Roman provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian prefecture ⓘ |
| comprisedProvince |
Crete
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dacia Mediterranea NERFINISHED ⓘ Dacia Ripensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dalmatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Epirus Nova NERFINISHED ⓘ Epirus Vetus NERFINISHED ⓘ Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Noricum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pannonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Praevalitana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsInPartToModern |
Albania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ Croatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Montenegro NERFINISHED ⓘ North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovenia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedInPeriod | late 3rd century ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
4th century
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Constantinian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetrarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ early 5th century ⓘ |
| hadOfficialLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hadReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman paganism ⓘ |
| hadStrategicImportance |
control of Balkan routes
ⓘ
defense of Danube frontier ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Sirmium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thessalonica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Balkans
ⓘ
western Balkan Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| reorganizedUnder | Constantine the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinatedTo |
Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
praetorian prefect ⓘ |
| wasAffectedBy |
Gothic invasions
NERFINISHED
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Hunnic incursions ⓘ Slavic migrations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasDividedBetween |
Eastern Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasFrontierRegionOf |
Balkan frontier
ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasMilitaryZone | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Diocese of Illyricum Description of subject: The Diocese of Illyricum was a late Roman administrative district in the Balkans, encompassing parts of the western Balkan Peninsula and serving as an important frontier region of the empire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Praevalitana