Augustodunum
E592028
Augustodunum was the principal Roman city of the Aedui in central Gaul, known today as Autun in eastern France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Augustodunum canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6311070 — 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: Augustodunum Context triple: [Gallia Lugdunensis, majorCity, Augustodunum]
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A.
Lugdunum
Lugdunum was the principal Roman city in Gaul, serving as a major administrative, commercial, and cultural center of the Roman Empire in what is now Lyon, France.
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B.
Noviomagus
Noviomagus is an ancient Roman place-name used for several settlements in the western provinces of the Roman Empire, notably including the town later known as Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (modern Nijmegen in the Netherlands).
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C.
Ratae Corieltauvorum
Ratae Corieltauvorum was the Roman town and administrative center that later became the modern English city of Leicester.
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D.
Hadrumetum
Hadrumetum was an important ancient Phoenician and later Roman port city located on the coast of modern-day Tunisia.
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E.
Argentoratum
Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
- 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: Augustodunum Target entity description: Augustodunum was the principal Roman city of the Aedui in central Gaul, known today as Autun in eastern France.
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A.
Lugdunum
Lugdunum was the principal Roman city in Gaul, serving as a major administrative, commercial, and cultural center of the Roman Empire in what is now Lyon, France.
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B.
Noviomagus
Noviomagus is an ancient Roman place-name used for several settlements in the western provinces of the Roman Empire, notably including the town later known as Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (modern Nijmegen in the Netherlands).
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C.
Ratae Corieltauvorum
Ratae Corieltauvorum was the Roman town and administrative center that later became the modern English city of Leicester.
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D.
Hadrumetum
Hadrumetum was an important ancient Phoenician and later Roman port city located on the coast of modern-day Tunisia.
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E.
Argentoratum
Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gallo-Roman city
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ancient Roman city ⓘ |
| declinedInCentury | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Aedui ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| foundedUnder | Augustus ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
administrative center
ⓘ
civitas capital ⓘ |
| hadStructure |
Roman amphitheater
ⓘ
Roman gates ⓘ Roman theater ⓘ aqueducts ⓘ city walls ⓘ forum ⓘ temples ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | Autun Roman remains ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | important archaeological heritage site ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Augustodunum ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Autun ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRemains |
architectural fragments
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ sculpture ⓘ urban layout traces ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gallo-Roman monuments
ⓘ
Roman urban planning ⓘ monumental fortifications ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| laterReligionPracticed | Christianity ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gallia Lugdunensis
ⓘ
central Gaul ⓘ
linked to:
Gallia Celtica
|
| locatedInPresentDay |
Autun
ⓘ
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ France ⓘ Saône-et-Loire ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Emperor Augustus
ⓘ
linked to:
Augustus
|
| partOf |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Gaul ⓘ
linked to:
Gaul
|
| principalCityOf | Aedui ⓘ |
| regionHistorically | Burgundy ⓘ |
| religionPracticed | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| servedAs |
cultural center in Roman Gaul
ⓘ
educational center in Roman Gaul ⓘ |
| successorSettlement | Autun ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman period
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Augustodunum Description of subject: Augustodunum was the principal Roman city of the Aedui in central Gaul, known today as Autun in eastern France.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.