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ancient pin or brooch for securing clothing
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fibula

Summary

fibula ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (776 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fibula is a type of clothing in ancient Greece[2].
  • fibula is a type of clothing in ancient Rome[3].
  • fibula is a type of clasp[4].
  • fibula is a type of fashion accessory[5].
  • fibula is a type of jewelry[6].
  • fibula is a type of collectable[7].
  • fibula's Commons category is recorded as Fibulae[8].
  • fibula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fibulae[9].
  • fibula's described at URL is recorded as https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/brooches-2/[10].
  • fibula's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • fibula's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • fibula's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • fibula's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14].
  • fibula's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • fibula's partially coincident with is recorded as brooch[16].
  • fibula's different from is recorded as Eye fibula[17].
  • fibula's different from is recorded as Fibel[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include clothing in ancient Greece[2], clothing in ancient Rome[3], clasp[4], fashion accessory[5], jewelry[6], and collectable[7].

Why It Matters

fibula ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (776 views/month).[1] fibula has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] fibula is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → clothing in ancient Greece, clothing in ancient Rome, clasp +3
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → Eye fibula, Fibel
    Partially coincident with → brooch
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531247205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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