Durnovaria
E1138847
UNEXPLORED
Durnovaria was the Roman-era town that occupied the site of modern Dorchester in Dorset, England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Durnovaria canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15108749 — 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: Durnovaria Context triple: [Dorchester, Dorset, England, RomanName, Durnovaria]
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A.
Noviodunum
Noviodunum was an important Roman military and naval base on the lower Danube, in the province of Moesia (modern-day Romania).
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B.
Isurium Brigantum
Isurium Brigantum was a significant Roman town and military center in northern Britain, located at modern Aldborough in North Yorkshire.
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C.
Albingaunum
Albingaunum is the ancient Roman name for the Ligurian coastal town now known as Albenga in northwestern Italy.
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D.
Branodunum
Branodunum was a Roman coastal fort in Norfolk, England, that formed part of the late Roman Saxon Shore defensive system.
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E.
Bernicia
Bernicia was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern Britain that later became part of the larger kingdom of Northumbria.
- 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: Durnovaria Target entity description: Durnovaria was the Roman-era town that occupied the site of modern Dorchester in Dorset, England.
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A.
Noviodunum
Noviodunum was an important Roman military and naval base on the lower Danube, in the province of Moesia (modern-day Romania).
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B.
Isurium Brigantum
Isurium Brigantum was a significant Roman town and military center in northern Britain, located at modern Aldborough in North Yorkshire.
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C.
Albingaunum
Albingaunum is the ancient Roman name for the Ligurian coastal town now known as Albenga in northwestern Italy.
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D.
Branodunum
Branodunum was a Roman coastal fort in Norfolk, England, that formed part of the late Roman Saxon Shore defensive system.
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E.
Bernicia
Bernicia was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern Britain that later became part of the larger kingdom of Northumbria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.