Roman limitanei
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The Roman limitanei were frontier garrison troops of the late Roman Empire, stationed along the borders to provide local defense and security rather than serving as highly mobile field armies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roman limitanei canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23418530 — 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 limitanei Context triple: [Maxima Sequanorum, militaryPresence, Roman limitanei]
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A.
Limes Germanicus
Limes Germanicus was a fortified frontier system of the Roman Empire that marked and defended its boundary in the regions of Germania.
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B.
frontiers of the Roman Empire
The frontiers of the Roman Empire were the vast, fortified boundary systems—comprising walls, forts, and natural barriers—that marked and defended the limits of Roman territorial control across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
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C.
Castra Regina
Castra Regina was a major Roman military camp and later town on the Danube, located at what is now Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany.
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D.
Roman fort of Regulbium
The Roman fort of Regulbium is an ancient coastal military installation at Reculver in Kent that once guarded the northern entrance to the Wantsum Channel and formed part of the late Roman Saxon Shore defenses in Britain.
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E.
Roman castrum of Legio XIII Gemina
The Roman castrum of Legio XIII Gemina is a major military fortress and archaeological site that once housed the Thirteenth Twin Legion in the Roman province of Dacia, in present-day Alba Iulia, Romania.
- 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 limitanei Target entity description: The Roman limitanei were frontier garrison troops of the late Roman Empire, stationed along the borders to provide local defense and security rather than serving as highly mobile field armies.
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A.
Limes Germanicus
Limes Germanicus was a fortified frontier system of the Roman Empire that marked and defended its boundary in the regions of Germania.
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B.
frontiers of the Roman Empire
The frontiers of the Roman Empire were the vast, fortified boundary systems—comprising walls, forts, and natural barriers—that marked and defended the limits of Roman territorial control across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
-
C.
Castra Regina
Castra Regina was a major Roman military camp and later town on the Danube, located at what is now Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany.
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D.
Roman fort of Regulbium
The Roman fort of Regulbium is an ancient coastal military installation at Reculver in Kent that once guarded the northern entrance to the Wantsum Channel and formed part of the late Roman Saxon Shore defenses in Britain.
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E.
Roman castrum of Legio XIII Gemina
The Roman castrum of Legio XIII Gemina is a major military fortress and archaeological site that once housed the Thirteenth Twin Legion in the Roman province of Dacia, in present-day Alba Iulia, Romania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.