De aquaeductu (Frontinus)
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De aquaeductu is a technical treatise by the Roman official Sextus Julius Frontinus that details the construction, management, and legal regulation of Rome’s aqueduct system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De aquaeductu (Frontinus) canonical | 1 |
| Frontinus De aquaeductu urbis Romae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14361987 — 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: De aquaeductu (Frontinus) Context triple: [Aqua Anio Vetus, documentedIn, De aquaeductu (Frontinus)]
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A.
Vitruvius Scoticus
Vitruvius Scoticus is an influential 18th-century architectural pattern book that showcases William Adam’s designs and helped shape the development of Scottish classical architecture.
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B.
Croton Aqueduct system
The Croton Aqueduct system is a historic 19th-century water supply network that delivered fresh water from the Croton River to New York City, enabling the city’s rapid growth and improved public health.
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C.
De re aedificatoria
De re aedificatoria is a 15th-century architectural treatise by Leon Battista Alberti that systematizes classical architectural theory and profoundly influenced Renaissance and later architecture.
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D.
Orb aqueduct
The Orb aqueduct is a 19th-century canal bridge in Béziers, France, that carries the Canal du Midi over the River Orb.
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E.
Roman aqueduct
A Roman aqueduct is an ancient engineering structure designed to transport water over long distances using gravity-fed channels, bridges, and tunnels.
- 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: De aquaeductu (Frontinus) Target entity description: De aquaeductu is a technical treatise by the Roman official Sextus Julius Frontinus that details the construction, management, and legal regulation of Rome’s aqueduct system.
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A.
Vitruvius Scoticus
Vitruvius Scoticus is an influential 18th-century architectural pattern book that showcases William Adam’s designs and helped shape the development of Scottish classical architecture.
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B.
Croton Aqueduct system
The Croton Aqueduct system is a historic 19th-century water supply network that delivered fresh water from the Croton River to New York City, enabling the city’s rapid growth and improved public health.
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C.
De re aedificatoria
De re aedificatoria is a 15th-century architectural treatise by Leon Battista Alberti that systematizes classical architectural theory and profoundly influenced Renaissance and later architecture.
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D.
Orb aqueduct
The Orb aqueduct is a 19th-century canal bridge in Béziers, France, that carries the Canal du Midi over the River Orb.
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E.
Roman aqueduct
A Roman aqueduct is an ancient engineering structure designed to transport water over long distances using gravity-fed channels, bridges, and tunnels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Frontinus De aquaeductu urbis Romae