Portus Dubris
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Portus Dubris was the principal Roman port and naval base at modern-day Dover in southeastern Britain, serving as a key gateway between Britain and the continent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portus Dubris canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22458109 — 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: Portus Dubris Context triple: [Gesoriacum, connectedTo, Portus Dubris]
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A.
Portus Cale
Portus Cale is the ancient Roman settlement at the mouth of the Douro River that gave its name to both the modern city of Porto and the country of Portugal.
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B.
Portus Lemanis
Portus Lemanis was a Roman military and naval port on the coast of southeastern Britain that served as a key base for the Classis Britannica fleet.
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C.
Brundisium
Brundisium was an important ancient Roman port city in southern Italy, strategically located on the Adriatic Sea and serving as a major gateway to the eastern Mediterranean.
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D.
Portus Julius naval base
Portus Julius naval base was an important ancient Roman naval harbor near Naples, engineered under Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa as the main base for the fleet during the wars against Sextus Pompey.
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E.
Port of Ravenna
The Port of Ravenna is a major commercial and industrial seaport on Italy’s Adriatic coast, serving as a key hub for cargo traffic and maritime trade in the northern Adriatic region.
- 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: Portus Dubris Target entity description: Portus Dubris was the principal Roman port and naval base at modern-day Dover in southeastern Britain, serving as a key gateway between Britain and the continent.
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A.
Portus Cale
Portus Cale is the ancient Roman settlement at the mouth of the Douro River that gave its name to both the modern city of Porto and the country of Portugal.
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B.
Portus Lemanis
Portus Lemanis was a Roman military and naval port on the coast of southeastern Britain that served as a key base for the Classis Britannica fleet.
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C.
Brundisium
Brundisium was an important ancient Roman port city in southern Italy, strategically located on the Adriatic Sea and serving as a major gateway to the eastern Mediterranean.
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D.
Portus Julius naval base
Portus Julius naval base was an important ancient Roman naval harbor near Naples, engineered under Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa as the main base for the fleet during the wars against Sextus Pompey.
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E.
Port of Ravenna
The Port of Ravenna is a major commercial and industrial seaport on Italy’s Adriatic coast, serving as a key hub for cargo traffic and maritime trade in the northern Adriatic region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.