Copia Thurii
E801984
Copia Thurii was a later Roman colony in southern Italy that succeeded the ancient Greek city of Thurii, reflecting its reorganization and renewed settlement under Roman rule.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Copia Thurii canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9442824 — 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: Copia Thurii Context triple: [Thurii, laterRecolonizedAs, Copia Thurii]
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A.
Metapontum
Metapontum was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, known for its fertile land, temples, and role within the colonies of Magna Graecia.
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B.
Locri Epizephyrii
Locri Epizephyrii was an important ancient Greek colony in southern Italy, renowned for its early legal code and cultural influence within Magna Graecia.
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C.
Aegium
Aegium was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Achaea, known as a political and religious center, especially during the Hellenistic period.
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D.
Troesmis
Troesmis was an ancient Roman military and urban settlement in the province of Moesia, strategically located near the Danube River in what is now Romania.
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E.
Areopoli
Areopoli is a historic stone-built town in the Mani region of the Peloponnese in southern Greece, known for its traditional architecture and role in the Greek War of Independence.
- 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: Copia Thurii Target entity description: Copia Thurii was a later Roman colony in southern Italy that succeeded the ancient Greek city of Thurii, reflecting its reorganization and renewed settlement under Roman rule.
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A.
Metapontum
Metapontum was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, known for its fertile land, temples, and role within the colonies of Magna Graecia.
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B.
Locri Epizephyrii
Locri Epizephyrii was an important ancient Greek colony in southern Italy, renowned for its early legal code and cultural influence within Magna Graecia.
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C.
Aegium
Aegium was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Achaea, known as a political and religious center, especially during the Hellenistic period.
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D.
Troesmis
Troesmis was an ancient Roman military and urban settlement in the province of Moesia, strategically located near the Danube River in what is now Romania.
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E.
Areopoli
Areopoli is a historic stone-built town in the Mani region of the Peloponnese in southern Greece, known for its traditional architecture and role in the Greek War of Independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman colony
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ |
| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| culturalLayer |
Greek heritage
ⓘ
Romanization ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
| foundedOnSiteOf | Thurii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
fortifications
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ urban structures ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
agricultural colony
ⓘ
strategic settlement ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calabria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Magna Graecia NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Italy ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Crathis River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Gulf of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernRegion | Calabria, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernSiteNear |
Sibari
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thurio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thurii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bruttium (Roman administrative region)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman colonization of Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | Roman colonia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Thurii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousPrimaryLanguageOfSite | Greek ⓘ |
| region | Gulf of Taranto area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reorganizedFrom | Thurii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorSettlement | medieval and modern settlements in the Thurio–Sibari area ⓘ |
| successorTo | Thurii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Republican period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanContinuityFrom | Greek city of Thurii ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Copia Thurii Description of subject: Copia Thurii was a later Roman colony in southern Italy that succeeded the ancient Greek city of Thurii, reflecting its reorganization and renewed settlement under Roman rule.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.