Roman province of Epirus Nova
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The Roman province of Epirus Nova was a late Roman administrative region in the western Balkans, carved from parts of Macedonia and Epirus and centered on key Adriatic coastal cities such as Dyrrhachium.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roman province of Epirus Nova canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8377956 — 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 Epirus Nova Context triple: [Dyrrhachium, partOf, Roman province of Epirus Nova]
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Roman province of Achaea
The Roman province of Achaea was an administrative region of the Roman Empire encompassing much of southern Greece, including key cities such as Corinth and Athens, and serving as an important center of Hellenic culture under Roman rule.
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B.
Province of Vibo Valentia
The Province of Vibo Valentia is an administrative area in the Calabria region of southern Italy, known for its Tyrrhenian coastline, historic towns, and agricultural economy.
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C.
Roman province of Isauria
The Roman province of Isauria was a mountainous administrative region in southern Anatolia, known in the later Roman Empire for its rugged terrain and semi-autonomous, often rebellious local populations.
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D.
Roman province of Picenum et Sabina
The Roman province of Picenum et Sabina was an administrative region of the later Roman Empire that combined the territories of Picenum and Sabina in central Italy.
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E.
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus
The Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus was an imperial administrative region in northwestern Anatolia that combined the former Hellenistic territories of Bithynia and Pontus under Roman rule.
- 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 Epirus Nova Target entity description: The Roman province of Epirus Nova was a late Roman administrative region in the western Balkans, carved from parts of Macedonia and Epirus and centered on key Adriatic coastal cities such as Dyrrhachium.
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A.
Roman province of Achaea
The Roman province of Achaea was an administrative region of the Roman Empire encompassing much of southern Greece, including key cities such as Corinth and Athens, and serving as an important center of Hellenic culture under Roman rule.
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B.
Province of Vibo Valentia
The Province of Vibo Valentia is an administrative area in the Calabria region of southern Italy, known for its Tyrrhenian coastline, historic towns, and agricultural economy.
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C.
Roman province of Isauria
The Roman province of Isauria was a mountainous administrative region in southern Anatolia, known in the later Roman Empire for its rugged terrain and semi-autonomous, often rebellious local populations.
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D.
Roman province of Picenum et Sabina
The Roman province of Picenum et Sabina was an administrative region of the later Roman Empire that combined the territories of Picenum and Sabina in central Italy.
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E.
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus
The Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus was an imperial administrative region in northwestern Anatolia that combined the former Hellenistic territories of Bithynia and Pontus under Roman rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Roman province ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeReformOf | Balkan provinces ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Epirus Vetus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macedonia Secunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Praevalitana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carvedFrom |
Epirus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInPeriod | late 3rd century ⓘ |
| createdUnder |
Diocletian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tetrarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Roman coinage ⓘ |
| era | Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| governanceType | provincial administration ⓘ |
| governedBy | praeses ⓘ |
| hadBishops |
Apollonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoastOn | Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOverlap |
Epirus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantCity |
Apollonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Byllis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ Lissus NERFINISHED ⓘ Scodra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| laterPartOf | Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adriatic coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Balkan Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ western Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernTerritoryIncludes |
Albania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Diocese of Macedonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illyricum prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| status | defunct administrative division ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Macedonia et Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorEntity | Byzantine theme of Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| usedIn | Notitia Dignitatum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roman province of Epirus Nova Description of subject: The Roman province of Epirus Nova was a late Roman administrative region in the western Balkans, carved from parts of Macedonia and Epirus and centered on key Adriatic coastal cities such as Dyrrhachium.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.