Silures
E726519
The Silures were a powerful ancient Celtic tribe that inhabited southeastern Wales during the Roman conquest of Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silures canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8312102 — 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: Silures Context triple: [Isca Silurum, namedAfter, Silures]
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A.
Aedui
The Aedui were a powerful Celtic tribe of central Gaul, noted for their early alliance with Rome and significant role in Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars.
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B.
Brigantes
The Brigantes were a powerful Celtic tribal confederation in northern Britain, occupying much of what is now northern England during the Roman period.
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C.
Caledonii
The Caledonii were an ancient tribal people of what is now Scotland, known from Roman accounts as fierce opponents of Roman expansion in northern Britain.
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D.
Lachians
Lachians are a West Slavic ethnographic group traditionally inhabiting the Cieszyn Silesia region, known for their distinct dialect and folk culture within the broader Polish cultural sphere.
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E.
Ordovices
The Ordovices were an ancient Celtic tribe of northwestern Wales known for their fierce resistance to Roman rule during the conquest of Britain.
- 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: Silures Target entity description: The Silures were a powerful ancient Celtic tribe that inhabited southeastern Wales during the Roman conquest of Britain.
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A.
Aedui
The Aedui were a powerful Celtic tribe of central Gaul, noted for their early alliance with Rome and significant role in Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars.
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B.
Brigantes
The Brigantes were a powerful Celtic tribal confederation in northern Britain, occupying much of what is now northern England during the Roman period.
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C.
Caledonii
The Caledonii were an ancient tribal people of what is now Scotland, known from Roman accounts as fierce opponents of Roman expansion in northern Britain.
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D.
Lachians
Lachians are a West Slavic ethnographic group traditionally inhabiting the Cieszyn Silesia region, known for their distinct dialect and folk culture within the broader Polish cultural sphere.
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E.
Ordovices
The Ordovices were an ancient Celtic tribe of northwestern Wales known for their fierce resistance to Roman rule during the conquest of Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Celtic tribe ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
Caerwent inscriptions
ⓘ
linked to:
Caerwent
local farmsteads and hillforts in southeast Wales ⓘ |
| capitalAfterConquest |
Caerwent
ⓘ
Venta Silurum ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| culture | Celtic ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Celtic ⓘ |
| integratedInto | Roman provincial system in Britain ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fierce warfare against Romans
ⓘ
resistance to Roman rule ⓘ |
| language | Brittonic Celtic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Britannia
ⓘ
Roman Britain ⓘ southeastern Wales ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Annals of Tacitus
ⓘ
linked to:
Annals by Tacitus
|
| modernEquivalentRegion |
Monmouthshire
ⓘ
Newport area ⓘ southeast Wales ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | possibly from a Celtic root related to "seed" or "offspring" (uncertain) ⓘ |
| neighbouringTribe |
Demetae
ⓘ
Dobunni ⓘ Ordovices ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Publius Ostorius Scapula
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ Roman legions in Britain ⓘ
linked to:
Roman legion
Sextus Julius Frontinus ⓘ
linked to:
Frontinus
|
| partOf |
Celtic Britons
ⓘ
linked to:
Celtic tribes
|
| postConquestStatus | civitas of Venta Silurum ⓘ |
| region |
Glamorgan area
ⓘ
linked to:
West Glamorgan
Herefordshire borderlands ⓘ Monmouthshire area ⓘ
linked to:
Monmouthshire
|
| religion | Celtic polytheism ⓘ |
| romanFortAssociatedWith |
Caerleon
ⓘ
Usk ⓘ |
| romanTownLocatedIn | Caerwent ⓘ |
| source | classical Roman historians ⓘ |
| subduedBy |
Roman military campaigns in late 1st century AD
ⓘ
Sextus Julius Frontinus ⓘ
linked to:
Frontinus
|
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ |
| used | hillforts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Silures Description of subject: The Silures were a powerful ancient Celtic tribe that inhabited southeastern Wales during the Roman conquest of Britain.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.