Canusium
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Canusium was an ancient city of Apulia in southern Italy, known as a significant Roman municipal center and later medieval town, located near the Ofanto River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canusium canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16451892 — 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: Canusium Context triple: [Regio IV Samnium, contains, Canusium]
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A.
Camerinus
Camerinus is a cognomen used by members of the ancient Roman gens Sulpicia, distinguishing a particular branch of this patrician family.
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B.
Carneia
Carneia was an important ancient Spartan and Dorian festival in honor of Apollo, marked by rituals, music, and athletic contests that reflected both military and agricultural aspects of the community.
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C.
Nisaea
Nisaea was the port town and harbor of ancient Megara in Greece, serving as its main maritime outlet on the Saronic Gulf.
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D.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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E.
Cosentia
Cosentia is the ancient Latin name of the city now known as Cosenza in southern Italy, historically an important center of the Bruttii in Calabria.
- 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: Canusium Target entity description: Canusium was an ancient city of Apulia in southern Italy, known as a significant Roman municipal center and later medieval town, located near the Ofanto River.
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A.
Camerinus
Camerinus is a cognomen used by members of the ancient Roman gens Sulpicia, distinguishing a particular branch of this patrician family.
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B.
Carneia
Carneia was an important ancient Spartan and Dorian festival in honor of Apollo, marked by rituals, music, and athletic contests that reflected both military and agricultural aspects of the community.
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C.
Nisaea
Nisaea was the port town and harbor of ancient Megara in Greece, serving as its main maritime outlet on the Saronic Gulf.
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D.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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E.
Cosentia
Cosentia is the ancient Latin name of the city now known as Cosenza in southern Italy, historically an important center of the Bruttii in Calabria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.