Isca Augusta
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Isca Augusta was a major Roman legionary fortress and settlement in what is now Caerleon, Wales, serving as an important military and administrative center in Roman Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Isca Augusta canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8600198 — 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: Isca Augusta Context triple: [Roman Britain, significantPlace, Isca Augusta]
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A.
Mucia Tertia
Mucia Tertia was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as a politically significant wife and later ex-wife of Pompey the Great.
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B.
Flavia
Flavia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, historically used in ancient Rome and derived from the family name Flavius.
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C.
Flavia Caesariensis
Flavia Caesariensis was a late Roman province in Britain, established during the administrative reforms of the 3rd–4th centuries CE.
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D.
Alba Pompeia
Alba Pompeia is an ancient town in northern Italy, in the region of Piedmont, historically notable as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Pertinax.
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E.
Maxima Caesariensis
Maxima Caesariensis was a late Roman province in Britain, created during the administrative reorganization of Britannia in the 4th century CE.
- 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: Isca Augusta Target entity description: Isca Augusta was a major Roman legionary fortress and settlement in what is now Caerleon, Wales, serving as an important military and administrative center in Roman Britain.
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A.
Mucia Tertia
Mucia Tertia was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as a politically significant wife and later ex-wife of Pompey the Great.
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B.
Flavia
Flavia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, historically used in ancient Rome and derived from the family name Flavius.
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C.
Flavia Caesariensis
Flavia Caesariensis was a late Roman province in Britain, established during the administrative reforms of the 3rd–4th centuries CE.
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D.
Alba Pompeia
Alba Pompeia is an ancient town in northern Italy, in the region of Piedmont, historically notable as the birthplace of the Roman emperor Pertinax.
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E.
Maxima Caesariensis
Maxima Caesariensis was a late Roman province in Britain, created during the administrative reorganization of Britannia in the 4th century CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman legionary fortress
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Roman settlement ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledRegionOf | territory of the Silures ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| currentCondition | partially preserved ruins ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | near modern city of Newport ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists since 19th century ⓘ |
| foundedAfter | Roman conquest of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 1st century ⓘ |
| function | base for Legio II Augusta in Britain ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | Legio II Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Isca Silurum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
amphitheatre
ⓘ
barracks ⓘ bath complex ⓘ civilian settlement (canabae) nearby ⓘ defensive walls ⓘ ditches ⓘ granaries ⓘ legionary fortress ⓘ principia ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Isca Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasModernSite |
Caerleon Amphitheatre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caerleon Roman Baths NERFINISHED ⓘ Caerleon Roman Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | National Roman Legion Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Scheduled Monument
ⓘ
partly Grade II* listed structures ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caerleon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newport NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| namedAfter | River Usk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | province of Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs |
administrative centre
ⓘ
military centre ⓘ |
| situatedOn | River Usk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
control of south‑east Wales
ⓘ
support for campaigns in western Britain ⓘ |
| usedBy | Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedUntilCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
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: Isca Augusta Description of subject: Isca Augusta was a major Roman legionary fortress and settlement in what is now Caerleon, Wales, serving as an important military and administrative center in Roman Britain.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.