Legio XI

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Roman legion military unit

Legio XI was a Roman legion, originally raised by Julius Caesar, that served in numerous campaigns of the late Republic and early Empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Legio XI Claudia	2
Legio XI canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8950063 — 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: Legio XI
Context triple: [Battle of the Sabis, RomanLegionsPresent, Legio XI]

A. Legio XV Apollinaris
Legio XV Apollinaris was a Roman imperial legion, active from the late Republic through the early Empire, noted for its participation in eastern campaigns and service under emperors such as Vespasian.
B. Legio II Adiutrix
Legio II Adiutrix was a Roman imperial legion, originally raised by Emperor Vespasian in the 1st century AD, that served in various campaigns across the empire and became closely associated with the Danubian frontier.
C. Legio X Gemina
Legio X Gemina was a distinguished Roman legion, originally formed by Julius Caesar, that served in numerous key military campaigns across the Roman Empire.
D. Legio XII Fulminata
Legio XII Fulminata was a Roman legion, famed for its long service on the eastern frontiers of the empire and its role in various campaigns from the late Republic through the early Imperial period.
E. Legio XV Primigenia
Legio XV Primigenia was a Roman legion established by Emperor Caligula that became notable for its role in the Germanic frontier campaigns and its destruction during the Batavian revolt in the late 1st 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: Legio XI
Target entity description: Legio XI was a Roman legion, originally raised by Julius Caesar, that served in numerous campaigns of the late Republic and early Empire.

A. Legio XV Apollinaris
Legio XV Apollinaris was a Roman imperial legion, active from the late Republic through the early Empire, noted for its participation in eastern campaigns and service under emperors such as Vespasian.
B. Legio II Adiutrix
Legio II Adiutrix was a Roman imperial legion, originally raised by Emperor Vespasian in the 1st century AD, that served in various campaigns across the empire and became closely associated with the Danubian frontier.
C. Legio X Gemina
Legio X Gemina was a distinguished Roman legion, originally formed by Julius Caesar, that served in numerous key military campaigns across the Roman Empire.
D. Legio XII Fulminata
Legio XII Fulminata was a Roman legion, famed for its long service on the eastern frontiers of the empire and its role in various campaigns from the late Republic through the early Imperial period.
E. Legio XV Primigenia
Legio XV Primigenia was a Roman legion established by Emperor Caligula that became notable for its role in the Germanic frontier campaigns and its destruction during the Batavian revolt in the late 1st century CE.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman legion ⓘ military unit ⓘ
activeDuring	1st century AD ⓘ 1st century BC ⓘ 2nd century AD ⓘ
allegiance	Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
equipment	gladius ⓘ lorica hamata ⓘ pilum ⓘ scutum ⓘ
era	early Roman Empire ⓘ late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
foughtAgainst	Optimates NERFINISHED ⓘ Pompey the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ forces of Mark Antony at Actium ⓘ
garrison	Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Dacia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dalmatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Illyricum NERFINISHED ⓘ Moesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pannonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Latin ⓘ
militaryBranch	Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ Octavian NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Actium NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Munda NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Pharsalus NERFINISHED ⓘ Caesar’s Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Final War of the Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Caesarian legions NERFINISHED ⓘ Caesar’s Gallic army NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial legions NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedBy	Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	campaigning in foreign territories ⓘ frontline combat ⓘ garrison duty ⓘ
type	heavy infantry ⓘ
usedBy	Roman Senate and People NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman emperors ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Sabis → RomanLegionsPresent → Legio XI ⓘ

Durostorum → garrisonedBy → Legio XI ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legio XI Claudia

Moesia Inferior → hadLegion → Legio XI ⓘ