vicus Sandaliarius
E792011
Vicus Sandaliarius was a street or neighborhood in ancient Rome, likely associated with sandal-makers or leatherworkers, situated within the city’s Regio VI (Alta Semita) district.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| vicus Sandaliarius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9308680 — 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: vicus Sandaliarius Context triple: [Regio VI Alta Semita, contains, vicus Sandaliarius]
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A.
Silanus
Silanus was a cognomen used by several members of the ancient Roman Julii family, notably borne by politicians and nobles of the late Republic and early Empire.
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B.
Fortius
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
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C.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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D.
Thascius
Thascius is the family name of the early Christian bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage.
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E.
Corvino
Corvino is a jealous and avaricious Venetian merchant in Ben Jonson’s play "Volpone," known for attempting to profit from the supposed illness of the wealthy Volpone by offering his own wife.
- 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: vicus Sandaliarius Target entity description: Vicus Sandaliarius was a street or neighborhood in ancient Rome, likely associated with sandal-makers or leatherworkers, situated within the city’s Regio VI (Alta Semita) district.
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A.
Silanus
Silanus was a cognomen used by several members of the ancient Roman Julii family, notably borne by politicians and nobles of the late Republic and early Empire.
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B.
Fortius
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
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C.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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D.
Thascius
Thascius is the family name of the early Christian bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage.
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E.
Corvino
Corvino is a jealous and avaricious Venetian merchant in Ben Jonson’s play "Volpone," known for attempting to profit from the supposed illness of the wealthy Volpone by offering his own wife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman street
ⓘ
neighborhood in ancient Rome ⓘ |
| associatedCraft |
leather craft
ⓘ
sandal production ⓘ shoemaking ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
leatherworkers
ⓘ
sandal-makers ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Roman ⓘ |
| economicRole | crafts and trade ⓘ |
| function | commercial street ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | Latin word "sandaliarius" meaning "sandal-maker" ⓘ |
| hasTopographicalType | vicus (street or quarter) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| likelyPrimaryActivity |
leatherworking
ⓘ
production of sandals ⓘ sale of footwear ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Regio VI (Alta Semita)
ⓘ
linked to:
Regio VI Alta Semita
Rome ⓘ city of Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Rome
|
| mentionedIn | ancient Roman topographical tradition ⓘ |
| partOf |
Regio VI Alta Semita
ⓘ
urban fabric of ancient Rome ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman Imperial period
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Empire
classical antiquity ⓘ |
| urbanDistrict | Regio VI ⓘ |
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: vicus Sandaliarius Description of subject: Vicus Sandaliarius was a street or neighborhood in ancient Rome, likely associated with sandal-makers or leatherworkers, situated within the city’s Regio VI (Alta Semita) district.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.