Lilybaeum
E205047
Lilybaeum was an important ancient Carthaginian and later Roman city in western Sicily, strategically located near modern Marsala and known for its military and commercial significance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lilybaeum canonical | 4 |
| Lilybaeum (ancient Marsala) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1852668 — 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: Lilybaeum Context triple: [Motya, successorSettlement, Lilybaeum]
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A.
Ialysos
Ialysos is a town and seaside resort on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Rhodes, known for its beaches and archaeological remains from ancient Ialysos.
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B.
Ṭarābulus
Ṭarābulus is the Arabic name for Tripoli, a major historic port city and the capital of Libya on the Mediterranean coast.
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C.
Chora
Chora is the main town and administrative center of the Greek island of Patmos, known for its traditional architecture and proximity to the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian.
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D.
Kellia
Kellia was an early Christian monastic settlement in the Egyptian desert, renowned as a major center of the Desert Fathers’ ascetic and contemplative life.
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E.
Daulis
Daulis was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources and associated with various local myths and traditions.
- 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: Lilybaeum Target entity description: Lilybaeum was an important ancient Carthaginian and later Roman city in western Sicily, strategically located near modern Marsala and known for its military and commercial significance.
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A.
Ialysos
Ialysos is a town and seaside resort on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Rhodes, known for its beaches and archaeological remains from ancient Ialysos.
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B.
Ṭarābulus
Ṭarābulus is the Arabic name for Tripoli, a major historic port city and the capital of Libya on the Mediterranean coast.
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C.
Chora
Chora is the main town and administrative center of the Greek island of Patmos, known for its traditional architecture and proximity to the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian.
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D.
Kellia
Kellia was an early Christian monastic settlement in the Egyptian desert, renowned as a major center of the Desert Fathers’ ascetic and contemplative life.
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E.
Daulis
Daulis was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources and associated with various local myths and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| besiegedBy | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Carthage
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| country |
Carthaginian Empire
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Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| foundedAfter | destruction of Motya ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Punic (Carthaginian) people
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surface form:
Carthaginians
|
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
Roman buildings
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ fortifications ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | possibly from Greek for "to escape destruction" ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
naval base
ⓘ
trading port ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Lilybaion ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent | long siege by Romans 250–241 BCE ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Lilybaeum self-link ⓘ |
| hasRole |
commercial center
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military stronghold ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
First Punic War
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Punic Wars ⓘ |
| knownFor |
siege during the First Punic War
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strategic harbor ⓘ strong fortifications ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs | Marsala ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Sicily ⓘ western Sicily ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Cape Boeo
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Mediterranean Sea ⓘ westernmost point of Sicily ⓘ |
| modernSiteWithin | Marsala ⓘ |
| near | Marsala ⓘ |
| partOf |
Carthaginian sphere of influence
ⓘ
Province of Sicily ⓘ Roman province of Sicilia ⓘ |
| region | Province of Trapani ⓘ |
| replaced | Motya ⓘ |
| strategicFor |
control of western Sicily
ⓘ
naval operations between Sicily and Africa ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classical antiquity
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Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| transitionedTo | Roman control after First Punic War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lilybaeum Description of subject: Lilybaeum was an important ancient Carthaginian and later Roman city in western Sicily, strategically located near modern Marsala and known for its military and commercial significance.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Sicily
this entity surface form:
Lilybaeum (ancient Marsala)