Regulbium
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Regulbium was the Roman-era coastal fort and settlement that later became known as Reculver in Kent, England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Regulbium canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9525984 — 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: Regulbium Context triple: [Reculver, Kent, wasRomanName, Regulbium]
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A.
Albium Ingaunum
Albium Ingaunum was an important ancient Ligurian coastal city, located in what is now Albenga on the Italian Riviera.
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B.
Ormenium
Ormenium was an ancient town in the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, Greece, known from classical sources such as Homer’s Iliad.
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C.
Agyrium
Agyrium was an ancient city in central Sicily, historically significant as the birthplace of the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus.
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D.
Samnium
Samnium was an ancient region of south-central Italy inhabited by the Samnites, an Oscan-speaking Italic people known for their wars with the Roman Republic.
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E.
Tauresium
Tauresium was an ancient settlement in the Balkans, traditionally identified as the birthplace of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
- 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: Regulbium Target entity description: Regulbium was the Roman-era coastal fort and settlement that later became known as Reculver in Kent, England.
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A.
Albium Ingaunum
Albium Ingaunum was an important ancient Ligurian coastal city, located in what is now Albenga on the Italian Riviera.
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B.
Ormenium
Ormenium was an ancient town in the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, Greece, known from classical sources such as Homer’s Iliad.
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C.
Agyrium
Agyrium was an ancient city in central Sicily, historically significant as the birthplace of the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus.
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D.
Samnium
Samnium was an ancient region of south-central Italy inhabited by the Samnites, an Oscan-speaking Italic people known for their wars with the Roman Republic.
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E.
Tauresium
Tauresium was an ancient settlement in the Balkans, traditionally identified as the birthplace of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman fort
ⓘ
Roman settlement ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalFinds |
Roman pottery
ⓘ
building materials ⓘ coins ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman military
ⓘ
Saxon Shore system ⓘ
linked to:
Saxon Shore forts
|
| builtBy | Romans ⓘ |
| constructionStart | early 3rd century ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | OS grid reference TR227693 ⓘ |
| country | Roman Britain ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruin ⓘ |
| excavated | 20th century ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Anglo-Saxon monastery at Reculver
ⓘ
linked to:
Reculver Towers and Roman Fort
|
| hasEtymology | name possibly derived from Brittonic elements meaning great headland or promontory ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
defensive ditches
ⓘ
gateways ⓘ internal buildings ⓘ stone walls ⓘ towers ⓘ |
| hasLaterName |
Reculver
ⓘ
linked to:
Reculver, Kent
|
| hasLatinName | Regulbium ⓘ |
| hasModernName |
Reculver Roman fort
ⓘ
linked to:
Reculver Fort
|
| heritageStatus | scheduled monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Kent ⓘ Reculver ⓘ
linked to:
Reculver, Kent
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Herne Bay
ⓘ
Isle of Thanet ⓘ Thames Estuary ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southeast coast of Britain ⓘ |
| managedBy | English Heritage ⓘ |
| nearbyStructure |
Reculver Towers
ⓘ
linked to:
Reculver Fort
|
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| overlooks | North Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman coastal defence system
ⓘ
Roman province of Britannia ⓘ
linked to:
Britannia (Roman province)
Saxon Shore forts ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman era
ⓘ
late Roman period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal defence
ⓘ
military garrison ⓘ protection of shipping in Thames Estuary ⓘ |
| visibleRemains |
fort walls
ⓘ
foundations of internal buildings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Regulbium Description of subject: Regulbium was the Roman-era coastal fort and settlement that later became known as Reculver in Kent, England.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.