Selybria

E1028002

ancient city historical place

Selybria is an ancient city of historical significance located in the region of Thrace, near the coast of the Sea of Marmara.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Selybria canonical	1
Selybriae	1
Selymvria	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13223586 — 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: Selybria
Context triple: [Selymbria, hasAlternativeName, Selybria]

A. Revalia
Revalia is an alternative name historically used for the city of Reval, now known as Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
B. Corabia
Corabia is a small town in southern Romania, situated on the Danube River in Olt County and known historically as a local port and agricultural center.
C. Rehling
Rehling is a small municipality in the Bavarian region of Swabia in southern Germany.
D. Belsand
Belsand is a small town in the Sitamarhi district of the Indian state of Bihar, known primarily as a local administrative and market center for surrounding rural areas.
E. Sardoal
Sardoal is a small Portuguese municipality known for its historic village center and traditional religious and cultural festivities, located in the Centro Region of Portugal.
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: Selybria
Target entity description: Selybria is an ancient city of historical significance located in the region of Thrace, near the coast of the Sea of Marmara.

A. Revalia
Revalia is an alternative name historically used for the city of Reval, now known as Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
B. Corabia
Corabia is a small town in southern Romania, situated on the Danube River in Olt County and known historically as a local port and agricultural center.
C. Rehling
Rehling is a small municipality in the Bavarian region of Swabia in southern Germany.
D. Belsand
Belsand is a small town in the Sitamarhi district of the Indian state of Bihar, known primarily as a local administrative and market center for surrounding rural areas.
E. Sardoal
Sardoal is a small Portuguese municipality known for its historic village center and traditional religious and cultural festivities, located in the Centro Region of Portugal.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ historical place ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
culture	Greek ⓘ Thracian ⓘ
geographicRegion	Marmara Region ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Selibria ⓘ Selybrie ⓘ Selymbria ⓘ Silivria ⓘ Silivriae ⓘ linked to: Silivria Silivriai ⓘ linked to: Silivri Silivriai (Greek) ⓘ
hasType	fortified city ⓘ port city ⓘ
historicalRegion	Byzantine Thrace ⓘ linked to: Thrace Roman Thrace ⓘ linked to: Roman province of Thrace
knownFor	role in regional trade routes ⓘ strategic location on the Sea of Marmara ⓘ
locatedAlong	route between Europe and Asia Minor ⓘ
locatedIn	Thrace ⓘ ancient Thrace ⓘ linked to: Thrace
locatedNear	Propontis ⓘ linked to: Sea of Marmara coast of the Sea of Marmara ⓘ
locatedOn	European side of the Sea of Marmara ⓘ Sea of Marmara ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Istanbul ⓘ
modernName	Silivri ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity	Constantinople ⓘ linked to: Constantinople (probable) Istanbul ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Eastern Thrace ⓘ linked to: Thrace Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
presentDayMunicipality	Silivri District ⓘ
presentDayProvince	Istanbul Province ⓘ
regionType	coastal city ⓘ
significance	historical significance in Thrace ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Selymbria → hasAlternativeName → Selybria ⓘ

Selymbria → hasAlternativeName → Selybriae ⓘ

linked to: Selybria

Selymbria → hasAlternativeName → Selymvria ⓘ