Entity Periods

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

6 rows where period_id = "PER_ITA_ARCHAIC"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_ITA_CARMENTA,PER_ITA_ARCHAIC Carmenta ENT_ITA_CARMENTA Archaic Italic (c. 900–509 BCE) PER_ITA_ARCHAIC high Carmentalia as oldest-stratum festival; Evander migration narrative set before the Trojan War. SRC_OVID_FASTI reviewed
ENT_ITA_FAUNUS,PER_ITA_ARCHAIC Faunus ENT_ITA_FAUNUS Archaic Italic (c. 900–509 BCE) PER_ITA_ARCHAIC high Attested among the di indigetes; cult predates Roman Republic. Lupercalia among oldest Roman festivals. SRC_OVID_FASTI reviewed
ENT_ITA_FLORA,PER_ITA_ARCHAIC Flora ENT_ITA_FLORA Archaic Italic (c. 900–509 BCE) PER_ITA_ARCHAIC high Flamen Floralis is evidence of very early cult; Floralia among oldest Roman festivals. SRC_OVID_FASTI reviewed
ENT_ITA_OPS,PER_ITA_ARCHAIC Ops ENT_ITA_OPS Archaic Italic (c. 900–509 BCE) PER_ITA_ARCHAIC high Opiconsivia/Opalia are among Rome's oldest calendar festivals; Sabine origin implies pre-Roman. SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ reviewed
ENT_ITA_PICUS,PER_ITA_ARCHAIC Picus ENT_ITA_PICUS Archaic Italic (c. 900–509 BCE) PER_ITA_ARCHAIC high Latin genealogy in Virgil places Picus before Faunus and Latinus — archaic Latium tradition. SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID reviewed
ENT_ITA_SILVANUS,PER_ITA_ARCHAIC Silvanus ENT_ITA_SILVANUS Archaic Italic (c. 900–509 BCE) PER_ITA_ARCHAIC high Cato De Agr. 83 ritual prescription for Silvanus is among the earliest Latin prose attestations of a deity cult. SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);