Lupa Capitolina
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Lupa Capitolina is the Latin name for the iconic Capitoline Wolf, the ancient bronze sculpture depicting a she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, symbolizing the legendary founding of Rome.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lupa Capitolina canonical | 2 |
| Capitoline Wolf | 1 |
| lupa capitolina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5682648 — 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: Lupa Capitolina Context triple: [Capitoline Wolf, LatinName, Lupa Capitolina]
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A.
Rex Sacrorum
Rex Sacrorum was a high-ranking priestly office in ancient Roman religion, responsible for performing key state rituals and preserving sacred traditions after the monarchy’s abolition.
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B.
goddess Roma
Goddess Roma is the personification of the city and state of Rome, venerated in Roman religion as a divine embodiment of Roman power, identity, and eternity.
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C.
Liber Pater
Liber Pater is an ancient Roman god associated with wine, fertility, and freedom, often identified with the Greek Dionysus.
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D.
Regium Lepidi
Regium Lepidi was an ancient Roman town in northern Italy, known today as Reggio Emilia, which developed as an important settlement along the Via Aemilia.
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E.
Semo Sancus
Semo Sancus is an ancient Italic god, particularly revered by the Sabines and early Romans as a divine guarantor of oaths, treaties, and good faith.
- 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: Lupa Capitolina Target entity description: Lupa Capitolina is the Latin name for the iconic Capitoline Wolf, the ancient bronze sculpture depicting a she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, symbolizing the legendary founding of Rome.
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A.
Rex Sacrorum
Rex Sacrorum was a high-ranking priestly office in ancient Roman religion, responsible for performing key state rituals and preserving sacred traditions after the monarchy’s abolition.
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B.
goddess Roma
Goddess Roma is the personification of the city and state of Rome, venerated in Roman religion as a divine embodiment of Roman power, identity, and eternity.
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C.
Liber Pater
Liber Pater is an ancient Roman god associated with wine, fertility, and freedom, often identified with the Greek Dionysus.
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D.
Regium Lepidi
Regium Lepidi was an ancient Roman town in northern Italy, known today as Reggio Emilia, which developed as an important settlement along the Via Aemilia.
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E.
Semo Sancus
Semo Sancus is an ancient Italic god, particularly revered by the Sabines and early Romans as a divine guarantor of oaths, treaties, and good faith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman symbol
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ancient artwork ⓘ bronze sculpture ⓘ cultural symbol ⓘ |
| associatedMythologicalFigure |
Mars
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Rhea Silvia ⓘ |
| associatedWith | legendary founding of Rome ⓘ |
| collection |
Capitoline Museums collection
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linked to:
Capitoline Museums
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| culturalContext |
Etruscan art tradition
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Roman mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Roman religion
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| dateOfCreation |
antiquity
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likely Middle Ages for the twins ⓘ |
| depicts |
Remus
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Romulus ⓘ she-wolf ⓘ |
| displayedAs | freestanding sculpture ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
Etruscan style
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Roman art ⓘ |
| hasComponentDate |
she-wolf possibly 5th century BC
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twins probably 15th century AD ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName |
Capitoline Wolf
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linked to:
Capitoline Wolf sculpture
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| hasIconographicTheme | Romulus and Remus suckled by a she-wolf ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Lupa Capitolina ⓘ |
| hasPart |
figure of Remus
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figure of Romulus ⓘ figure of a she-wolf ⓘ |
| influenced |
later depictions of Romulus and Remus
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modern representations of the Capitoline Wolf ⓘ municipal heraldry of Rome ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Capitoline Hill
ⓘ
Musei Capitolini ⓘ
linked to:
Capitoline Museums
Palazzo dei Conservatori ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
stylized, tense body of the wolf
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twins placed beneath the wolf’s teats ⓘ |
| orientation | lateral view of the she-wolf ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical research
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debates on dating and origin ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Roman identity
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ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
founding of Rome ⓘ myth of Romulus and Remus ⓘ |
| usedAs |
emblem of Rome
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political symbol in ancient Rome ⓘ symbol of the city of Rome ⓘ tourist icon of Rome ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lupa Capitolina Description of subject: Lupa Capitolina is the Latin name for the iconic Capitoline Wolf, the ancient bronze sculpture depicting a she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, symbolizing the legendary founding of Rome.
Referenced by (4)
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