Epirus Nova
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Epirus Nova was a late Roman and early Byzantine province in the western Balkans, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Albania and Montenegro.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epirus Nova canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9978128 — 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: Epirus Nova Context triple: [Anastasius I, birthPlace, Epirus Nova]
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Eutropia
Eutropia was a Roman empress of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, known as the wife of Emperor Maximian and mother-in-law of Constantine the Great.
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B.
Trinovantes
The Trinovantes were a powerful Iron Age Celtic tribe of southeastern Britain, centered in what is now Essex, who played a significant role in early interactions and conflicts with the Roman Empire.
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C.
Tauris
Tauris is the mythological land of the Taurians on the Crimean peninsula, known in Greek tragedy as the remote and barbaric setting of Iphigenia’s exile.
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D.
Erisioni
Erisioni is a renowned Georgian folk song and dance ensemble celebrated for preserving and showcasing Georgia’s traditional music, choreography, and cultural heritage on international stages.
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E.
Ypsarion
Ypsarion is the highest mountain peak on the Greek island of Thasos, known for its panoramic views over the Aegean Sea.
- 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: Epirus Nova Target entity description: Epirus Nova was a late Roman and early Byzantine province in the western Balkans, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Albania and Montenegro.
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A.
Eutropia
Eutropia was a Roman empress of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, known as the wife of Emperor Maximian and mother-in-law of Constantine the Great.
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B.
Trinovantes
The Trinovantes were a powerful Iron Age Celtic tribe of southeastern Britain, centered in what is now Essex, who played a significant role in early interactions and conflicts with the Roman Empire.
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C.
Tauris
Tauris is the mythological land of the Taurians on the Crimean peninsula, known in Greek tragedy as the remote and barbaric setting of Iphigenia’s exile.
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D.
Erisioni
Erisioni is a renowned Georgian folk song and dance ensemble celebrated for preserving and showcasing Georgia’s traditional music, choreography, and cultural heritage on international stages.
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E.
Ypsarion
Ypsarion is the highest mountain peak on the Greek island of Thasos, known for its panoramic views over the Aegean Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine province
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Roman province ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Dalmatia
NERFINISHED
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Epirus Vetus NERFINISHED ⓘ Macedonia Secunda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFrom | Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Epirus Vetus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | Diocletianic–Constantinian provincial reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | themes of the Byzantine Empire in the region ⓘ |
| governedBy | provincial governor ⓘ |
| greekName | Νέα Ἤπειρος ⓘ |
| hasType | civil province ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Illyricum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedCity |
Dyrrhachium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lissus NERFINISHED ⓘ Scodra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedRegion | coastal Illyricum ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| laterLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| latinName | Epirus Nova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy | Province of Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentInModernCountry |
Albania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montenegro NERFINISHED ⓘ North Macedonia (partly, in some reconstructions) ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo |
modern Albania
ⓘ
modern Montenegro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct historical province ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Byzantine period
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late Roman period ⓘ |
| usedIn | late Roman administrative system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Epirus Nova Description of subject: Epirus Nova was a late Roman and early Byzantine province in the western Balkans, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Albania and Montenegro.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.