cohors I Aelia Dacorum
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Cohors I Aelia Dacorum was a Roman auxiliary infantry unit of Dacian origin that served in the northern frontier of Roman Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| cohors I Aelia Dacorum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8915616 — 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: cohors I Aelia Dacorum Context triple: [Banna, garrisonedBy, cohors I Aelia Dacorum]
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A.
cohors I Tungrorum
Cohors I Tungrorum was an auxiliary infantry cohort of the Roman army, originally raised from the Tungri tribe in what is now Belgium, that served on the northern frontier of Roman Britain.
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B.
cohors II Raetorum
Cohors II Raetorum was an auxiliary infantry unit of the Roman army recruited from the Raetian region, known for garrisoning frontier forts such as the Saalburg on the empire’s Germanic border.
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C.
legion XIII Gemina
Legion XIII Gemina was a Roman imperial legion, originally raised by Julius Caesar, that served in numerous campaigns and later garrisoned frontier provinces such as Dacia Ripensis.
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D.
Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix
Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix was a Roman imperial legion founded by Emperor Trajan that became a key military force on the empire’s northwestern frontier, particularly in the lower Rhine region.
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E.
Durocortorum
Durocortorum was an important Roman city in northeastern Gaul, known today as Reims in 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: cohors I Aelia Dacorum Target entity description: Cohors I Aelia Dacorum was a Roman auxiliary infantry unit of Dacian origin that served in the northern frontier of Roman Britain.
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A.
cohors I Tungrorum
Cohors I Tungrorum was an auxiliary infantry cohort of the Roman army, originally raised from the Tungri tribe in what is now Belgium, that served on the northern frontier of Roman Britain.
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B.
cohors II Raetorum
Cohors II Raetorum was an auxiliary infantry unit of the Roman army recruited from the Raetian region, known for garrisoning frontier forts such as the Saalburg on the empire’s Germanic border.
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C.
legion XIII Gemina
Legion XIII Gemina was a Roman imperial legion, originally raised by Julius Caesar, that served in numerous campaigns and later garrisoned frontier provinces such as Dacia Ripensis.
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D.
Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix
Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix was a Roman imperial legion founded by Emperor Trajan that became a key military force on the empire’s northwestern frontier, particularly in the lower Rhine region.
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E.
Durocortorum
Durocortorum was an important Roman city in northeastern Gaul, known today as Reims in France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman auxiliary cohort
ⓘ
auxiliary infantry cohort ⓘ infantry unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWithProvince | Britannia ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Dacian units of the Roman army
ⓘ
Roman auxiliary units in Britain ⓘ Roman infantry cohorts ⓘ |
| commandStructure | under provincial governor of Britannia ⓘ |
| composition | infantry ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Dacian ⓘ |
| equipmentType | standard Roman infantry equipment ⓘ |
| ethnicDesignation | Dacorum ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Dacian ⓘ |
| function |
provincial garrison
ⓘ
support for legions ⓘ |
| garrisonRole |
border security
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frontier defense ⓘ |
| hasNameElement | Aelia ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOfOrigin |
Balkan-Danubian area
ⓘ
linked to:
Alps–Danube–Balkan region
|
| languageOfInscriptions | Latin ⓘ |
| laterCitizenship | auxiliaries granted Roman citizenship after service ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | auxilia ⓘ |
| militaryFunction |
fortress garrison
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infantry combat ⓘ patrol duties ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hadrian ⓘ |
| nameElementRefersTo |
imperial family name Aelius
ⓘ
linked to:
gens Aelia
|
| operationalTheater | northern Britain ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman provincial garrison of Britain ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom | Dacia ⓘ |
| recruitmentPolicy | originally raised from Dacians ⓘ |
| servedIn | Roman army ⓘ |
| servedOnFrontier | northern frontier of Roman Britain ⓘ |
| stationedIn | Roman Britain ⓘ |
| status | non-citizen auxiliary unit (at foundation) ⓘ |
| subordination | to Roman provincial command in Britain ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| unitNumber | I ⓘ |
| unitType |
cohors milliaria
ⓘ
cohort ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: cohors I Aelia Dacorum Description of subject: Cohors I Aelia Dacorum was a Roman auxiliary infantry unit of Dacian origin that served in the northern frontier of Roman Britain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.