Roman province of Syria Palaestina
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The Roman province of Syria Palaestina was a large imperial territory in the Eastern Mediterranean, created after the Bar Kokhba revolt by merging Judea with surrounding regions and serving as a key administrative and military frontier of the Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roman province of Syria Palaestina canonical | 5 |
| Roman province of Syria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14096315 — 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 Syria Palaestina Context triple: [Hadrianic persecutions, location, Roman province of Syria Palaestina]
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A.
Roman province of Perea
The Roman province of Perea was a Transjordanian territory of the Roman Empire located east of the Jordan River, opposite Judea and Galilee.
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B.
Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
The Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima was an administrative region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Levant, centered on major cities such as Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem during Late Antiquity.
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C.
Roman province of Cilicia
The Roman province of Cilicia was a southeastern Anatolian coastal region of the Roman Empire, centered around Tarsus, that served as a key strategic and commercial crossroads between Asia Minor, Syria, and the eastern Mediterranean.
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D.
Roman Syria
Roman Syria was a key eastern province of the Roman Empire, encompassing major cities like Antioch and serving as an important political, military, and cultural center in the Near East.
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E.
Roman province of Arabia Petraea
The Roman province of Arabia Petraea was a frontier province of the Roman Empire established in the early 2nd century CE, encompassing parts of modern-day Jordan, northwestern Saudi Arabia, southern Syria, and the Sinai Peninsula, with Petra and later Bostra as key centers.
- 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 Syria Palaestina Target entity description: The Roman province of Syria Palaestina was a large imperial territory in the Eastern Mediterranean, created after the Bar Kokhba revolt by merging Judea with surrounding regions and serving as a key administrative and military frontier of the Roman Empire.
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A.
Roman province of Perea
The Roman province of Perea was a Transjordanian territory of the Roman Empire located east of the Jordan River, opposite Judea and Galilee.
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B.
Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
The Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima was an administrative region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Levant, centered on major cities such as Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem during Late Antiquity.
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C.
Roman province of Cilicia
The Roman province of Cilicia was a southeastern Anatolian coastal region of the Roman Empire, centered around Tarsus, that served as a key strategic and commercial crossroads between Asia Minor, Syria, and the eastern Mediterranean.
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D.
Roman Syria
Roman Syria was a key eastern province of the Roman Empire, encompassing major cities like Antioch and serving as an important political, military, and cultural center in the Near East.
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E.
Roman province of Arabia Petraea
The Roman province of Arabia Petraea was a frontier province of the Roman Empire established in the early 2nd century CE, encompassing parts of modern-day Jordan, northwestern Saudi Arabia, southern Syria, and the Sinai Peninsula, with Petra and later Bostra as key centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.