Pisidian Antioch
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Pisidian Antioch was an important Roman-era city in the region of Pisidia in Asia Minor, known as a center of early Christian missionary activity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pisidian Antioch canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4914257 — 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: Pisidian Antioch Context triple: [Barnabas the Apostle, traveledTo, Pisidian Antioch]
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A.
Colossae
Colossae was an ancient Phrygian city in Asia Minor, notable in early Christianity as the community addressed by the New Testament Epistle to the Colossians.
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B.
Tarsus
Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
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C.
Smyrna
Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
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D.
Sardis
Sardis was the ancient capital of the Lydian kingdom in western Anatolia, renowned for its wealth, early coinage, and strategic location on key trade routes.
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E.
Lystra
Lystra was an ancient city in the Roman province of Galatia, known from the New Testament as a place visited by the Apostle Paul and the hometown of his companion Timothy.
- 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: Pisidian Antioch Target entity description: Pisidian Antioch was an important Roman-era city in the region of Pisidia in Asia Minor, known as a center of early Christian missionary activity.
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A.
Colossae
Colossae was an ancient Phrygian city in Asia Minor, notable in early Christianity as the community addressed by the New Testament Epistle to the Colossians.
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B.
Tarsus
Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
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C.
Smyrna
Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
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D.
Sardis
Sardis was the ancient capital of the Lydian kingdom in western Anatolia, renowned for its wealth, early coinage, and strategic location on key trade routes.
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E.
Lystra
Lystra was an ancient city in the Roman province of Galatia, known from the New Testament as a place visited by the Apostle Paul and the hometown of his companion Timothy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman colony
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedByCentury | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| colonizedBy | Roman veterans ⓘ |
| declinedInPeriod | late antiquity ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists in the 20th century ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
1st century CE
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2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| hadBuilding |
Augustan sanctuary
ⓘ
Byzantine church ⓘ Roman baths ⓘ Roman theater ⓘ aqueduct ⓘ cardo maximus ⓘ city walls ⓘ decumanus maximus ⓘ temple of Augustus ⓘ |
| hadOfficialName |
Antiochia Caesareia in Pisidia
ⓘ
linked to:
Antioch in Pisidia
Colonia Caesarea Antiochia ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
church of St. Paul (traditional)
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city gate ⓘ paved streets ⓘ temple of Augustus podium ⓘ |
| heldStatus |
colonia Caesarea Antiochia
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linked to:
Colonia Caesarea Antiochia
|
| knownFor | early Christian missionary activity ⓘ |
| laterBecame | Byzantine bishopric ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
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Pisidia ⓘ province of Isparta ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear | modern Yalvaç ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southern edge of the Anatolian plateau ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts 13
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linked to:
Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Antiochus I or another Seleucid king named Antiochus
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linked to:
Antiochus
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| partOf |
Roman Empire
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province of Galatia ⓘ region of Pisidia ⓘ |
| refoundedAs | Roman colony ⓘ |
| religionPracticed |
Greco-Roman paganism
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early Christianity ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Barnabas
ⓘ
Paul the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pisidian Antioch Description of subject: Pisidian Antioch was an important Roman-era city in the region of Pisidia in Asia Minor, known as a center of early Christian missionary activity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.