Via Postumia
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Via Postumia was an important ancient Roman road that linked key cities in northern Italy, facilitating military movement and trade across the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Via Postumia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9445225 — 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: Via Postumia Context triple: [Placentia, connectedByRoad, Via Postumia]
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A.
Via Domitia
Via Domitia was an ancient Roman road that linked Italy to Hispania across southern Gaul, serving as a major military and commercial route in the Roman Empire.
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B.
Via Traiana
Via Traiana was an ancient Roman road built by Emperor Trajan to provide a shorter, more efficient route across southern Italy between Beneventum and the Adriatic coast.
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C.
Via Agrippa
Via Agrippa was an extensive network of Roman roads in ancient Gaul, built under Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa to connect major cities and consolidate Roman control of the region.
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D.
Via Severiana
Via Severiana was an ancient Roman coastal road in Latium that linked several important seaside towns south of Rome.
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E.
Via Aemilia Scauri
Via Aemilia Scauri was an important ancient Roman road that extended and complemented the coastal route of the Via Aurelia in Italy.
- 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: Via Postumia Target entity description: Via Postumia was an important ancient Roman road that linked key cities in northern Italy, facilitating military movement and trade across the region.
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A.
Via Domitia
Via Domitia was an ancient Roman road that linked Italy to Hispania across southern Gaul, serving as a major military and commercial route in the Roman Empire.
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B.
Via Traiana
Via Traiana was an ancient Roman road built by Emperor Trajan to provide a shorter, more efficient route across southern Italy between Beneventum and the Adriatic coast.
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C.
Via Agrippa
Via Agrippa was an extensive network of Roman roads in ancient Gaul, built under Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa to connect major cities and consolidate Roman control of the region.
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D.
Via Severiana
Via Severiana was an ancient Roman coastal road in Latium that linked several important seaside towns south of Rome.
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E.
Via Aemilia Scauri
Via Aemilia Scauri was an important ancient Roman road that extended and complemented the coastal route of the Via Aurelia in Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Roman road ⓘ |
| builtBy | Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Aquileia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bedriacum NERFINISHED ⓘ Concordia Sagittaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Cremona NERFINISHED ⓘ Genua NERFINISHED ⓘ Oderzo NERFINISHED ⓘ Opitergium NERFINISHED ⓘ Placentia NERFINISHED ⓘ Verona NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicenza NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicetia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Via Aemilia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Via Annia NERFINISHED ⓘ Via Julia Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 148 BC ⓘ |
| country | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endPoint | Aquileia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | west–east direction ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 148 BC ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman road network
ⓘ
viae publicae of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Bedriacum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cisalpine Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ Concordia Sagittaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Cremona NERFINISHED ⓘ Liguria NERFINISHED ⓘ Opitergium NERFINISHED ⓘ Placentia NERFINISHED ⓘ Po Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Verona NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicetia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Gallia Cisalpina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venetia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
facilitated Roman control of northern Italy
ⓘ
linked major colonies and municipia in northern Italy ⓘ |
| startPoint |
Genoa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Genua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrainCrossed |
Apennine Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Po River plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
communication
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military movement ⓘ trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Via Postumia Description of subject: Via Postumia was an important ancient Roman road that linked key cities in northern Italy, facilitating military movement and trade across the region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.