Britannia Secunda
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Britannia Secunda was a late Roman province in Britain, created during the administrative reorganization of Roman Britain and generally thought to have encompassed parts of what is now northern England and possibly Wales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Britannia Secunda canonical | 5 |
| Roman province of Britannia Secunda | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1703521 — 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.
Target entity: Britannia Secunda Context triple: [Britannia (Roman province), laterDivision, Britannia Secunda]
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Britannia Prima
Britannia Prima was a late Roman province carved out of Roman Britain during the empire’s administrative reorganization in the 3rd–4th centuries CE.
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B.
Britannia Inferior
Britannia Inferior was a northern Roman province in Britain, centered on Eboracum (modern York), created when the original province of Britannia was split for administrative and military control.
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C.
Britannia (Roman province)
Britannia was a Roman province encompassing much of modern-day England and Wales, serving as the empire’s northwestern frontier and site of major fortifications and military activity.
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D.
Gallic Empire
The Gallic Empire was a breakaway Roman state that existed from 260 to 274 CE, encompassing Gaul, Britannia, and briefly Hispania under its own emperors during the political fragmentation of the Roman Empire.
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E.
Roman province of Germania Inferior
The Roman province of Germania Inferior was a frontier region of the Roman Empire along the lower Rhine, encompassing parts of modern-day Netherlands, Belgium, and western Germany, and serving as a key military and administrative zone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Britannia Secunda Target entity description: Britannia Secunda was a late Roman province in Britain, created during the administrative reorganization of Roman Britain and generally thought to have encompassed parts of what is now northern England and possibly Wales.
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A.
Britannia Prima
Britannia Prima was a late Roman province carved out of Roman Britain during the empire’s administrative reorganization in the 3rd–4th centuries CE.
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B.
Britannia Inferior
Britannia Inferior was a northern Roman province in Britain, centered on Eboracum (modern York), created when the original province of Britannia was split for administrative and military control.
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C.
Britannia (Roman province)
Britannia was a Roman province encompassing much of modern-day England and Wales, serving as the empire’s northwestern frontier and site of major fortifications and military activity.
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D.
Gallic Empire
The Gallic Empire was a breakaway Roman state that existed from 260 to 274 CE, encompassing Gaul, Britannia, and briefly Hispania under its own emperors during the political fragmentation of the Roman Empire.
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E.
Roman province of Germania Inferior
The Roman province of Germania Inferior was a frontier region of the Roman Empire along the lower Rhine, encompassing parts of modern-day Netherlands, Belgium, and western Germany, and serving as a key military and administrative zone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman province
ⓘ
late Roman province ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
Late Antiquity
ⓘ
late Roman period ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Constantine I
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
Diocletian ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Britannia Prima
ⓘ
surface form:
Britannia Prima (probable)
Flavia Caesariensis ⓘ
surface form:
Flavia Caesariensis (probable)
Maxima Caesariensis ⓘ
surface form:
Maxima Caesariensis (probable)
Valentia ⓘ
surface form:
Valentia (probable)
|
| capital |
Eboracum
ⓘ
York ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| currency | Roman currency ⓘ |
| divisionOf | Diocletianic reorganization of provinces ⓘ |
| endCause | Roman withdrawal from Britain ⓘ |
| follows | undivided province of Britannia ⓘ |
| governmentType | Roman provincial administration ⓘ |
| governorRank | praeses (probable) ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Second Britain ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Britannia Secunda self-link ⓘ |
| hasPart |
civitas of the Brigantes (probable)
ⓘ
territory around Eboracum (probable) ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSettlement |
Roman towns
ⓘ
military forts ⓘ |
| hasUncertainCapital | false ⓘ |
| hasUncertainExtent | true ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Roman Britain north ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Britain
northern England ⓘ possibly Wales ⓘ |
| mapFeature | province of Britain in late Roman maps ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ |
| militaryPresence | Roman army units ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent |
parts of northern England
ⓘ
possibly parts of Wales ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Britannia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Diocese of the Britains
ⓘ
Roman Britain ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman paganism
ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ |
| ruledBy | provincial governor ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls
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surface form:
Praetorian prefecture of Gaul
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| timeOfAbolition | early 5th century ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation |
late 3rd century
ⓘ
reign of Diocletian (probable) ⓘ |
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Subject: Britannia Secunda Description of subject: Britannia Secunda was a late Roman province in Britain, created during the administrative reorganization of Roman Britain and generally thought to have encompassed parts of what is now northern England and possibly Wales.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.