Arevaci
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The Arevaci were a prominent Celtiberian people of pre-Roman central Spain, known for their fierce resistance to Roman expansion and participation in the Numantine Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arevaci canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7198599 — 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: Arevaci Context triple: [Celtiberia, majorTribe, Arevaci]
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A.
Caraceni
Caraceni were an ancient Italic tribe forming one of the principal divisions of the Samnite people in south-central Italy.
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B.
Novempopulania
Novempopulania was a late Roman province in southwestern Gaul, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Aquitaine and Gascony in France.
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C.
Albingaunum
Albingaunum is the ancient Roman name for the Ligurian coastal town now known as Albenga in northwestern Italy.
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D.
Gesoriacum
Gesoriacum was the ancient Roman name for the port city later known as Bononia (modern Boulogne-sur-Mer) in northern Gaul, an important maritime and military hub facing Britain.
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E.
Cercartetus
Cercartetus is a genus of tiny Australian marsupials commonly known as pygmy possums, noted for their arboreal lifestyle and ability to enter torpor.
- 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: Arevaci Target entity description: The Arevaci were a prominent Celtiberian people of pre-Roman central Spain, known for their fierce resistance to Roman expansion and participation in the Numantine Wars.
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A.
Caraceni
Caraceni were an ancient Italic tribe forming one of the principal divisions of the Samnite people in south-central Italy.
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B.
Novempopulania
Novempopulania was a late Roman province in southwestern Gaul, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Aquitaine and Gascony in France.
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C.
Albingaunum
Albingaunum is the ancient Roman name for the Ligurian coastal town now known as Albenga in northwestern Italy.
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D.
Gesoriacum
Gesoriacum was the ancient Roman name for the port city later known as Bononia (modern Boulogne-sur-Mer) in northern Gaul, an important maritime and military hub facing Britain.
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E.
Cercartetus
Cercartetus is a genus of tiny Australian marsupials commonly known as pygmy possums, noted for their arboreal lifestyle and ability to enter torpor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtiberian people
ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture |
Celtiberian archaeological culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtiberia
|
| capital | Numantia ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| culturalSphere |
Celtiberian culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtiberia
Celtic culture ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Roman legions
ⓘ
Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ stockbreeding ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Celtiberian ⓘ |
| integratedInto | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| involvedInConflict |
Celtiberian Wars
ⓘ
Numantine War ⓘ
linked to:
Celtiberian Wars
|
| knownFor |
defense of Numantia
ⓘ
participation in the Numantine Wars ⓘ resistance to Roman expansion ⓘ warrior society ⓘ |
| language |
Celtiberian language
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtiberian
|
| locatedIn |
Hispania Citerior
ⓘ
Meseta Central ⓘ Roman Hispania ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Spain
|
| majorSettlement |
Clunia
ⓘ
Numantia ⓘ Segontia ⓘ
linked to:
Numantia
Termantia ⓘ Uxama Argaela ⓘ |
| neighboringPeople |
Carpetani
ⓘ
Lusones ⓘ Pelendones ⓘ Vaccaei ⓘ |
| opponent | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | tribal confederation ⓘ |
| practiced |
hillfort settlement pattern
ⓘ
oppidum-based urbanism ⓘ |
| region |
Central Hispania
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtiberia
Central Spain ⓘ |
| religion | Celtic polytheism ⓘ |
| romanization | gradual after Numantia’s fall ⓘ |
| territoryApproximateTo |
modern provinces of Burgos
ⓘ
modern provinces of Guadalajara ⓘ modern provinces of Segovia ⓘ modern provinces of Soria ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st century BC
ⓘ
2nd century BC ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ pre-Roman period ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Arevaci Description of subject: The Arevaci were a prominent Celtiberian people of pre-Roman central Spain, known for their fierce resistance to Roman expansion and participation in the Numantine Wars.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.