Servius Sulpicius Galba
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Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman senator and general who briefly ruled as emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Four Emperors in 68–69 AD.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Galba | 9 |
| Servius Sulpicius Galba canonical | 6 |
| Roman emperor Galba | 2 |
| Galba as Roman emperor | 1 |
| Servius Sulpicius Galba (emperor) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13221681 — 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: Servius Sulpicius Galba Context triple: [Servius, nameElementOf, Servius Sulpicius Galba]
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A.
Lucilius Bassus
Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
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B.
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, best known as the biological father of the emperor Nero.
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C.
Lucius Aurelius Gallus
Lucius Aurelius Gallus was a Roman senator of the 2nd century AD, known primarily through his marriage into the imperial family via Vibia Aurelia Sabina, daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
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D.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus was a Roman senator and consul of 58 BC, best known as Julius Caesar’s father-in-law through his daughter Calpurnia.
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E.
Ager Setinus
Ager Setinus was an ancient Roman rural district in southern Latium, known for its agricultural land and association with the town of Setia (Setinum).
- 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: Servius Sulpicius Galba Target entity description: Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman senator and general who briefly ruled as emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Four Emperors in 68–69 AD.
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A.
Lucilius Bassus
Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
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B.
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, best known as the biological father of the emperor Nero.
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C.
Lucius Aurelius Gallus
Lucius Aurelius Gallus was a Roman senator of the 2nd century AD, known primarily through his marriage into the imperial family via Vibia Aurelia Sabina, daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
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D.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus was a Roman senator and consul of 58 BC, best known as Julius Caesar’s father-in-law through his daughter Calpurnia.
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E.
Ager Setinus
Ager Setinus was an ancient Roman rural district in southern Latium, known for its agricultural land and association with the town of Setia (Setinum).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
Roman general ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| adoptedHeir | Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Galba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 3 BC ⓘ |
| birthName | Servius Sulpicius Galba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Terracina ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stab wound ⓘ |
| coinageDepicts | his portrait as emperor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| deathAge | about 70 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 15 January 69 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| dynasty | Year of the Four Emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| familyName | Sulpicius Galba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Servius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedRegion | Hispania Tarraconensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSources |
Plutarch
NERFINISHED
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Suetonius NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | soldiers of the Praetorian Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legitimation | recognized by the Senate as emperor ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| memberOf | gens Sulpicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being first emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors
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overthrowing Nero ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Otho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Praetorian Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Year of the Four Emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | optimates ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Roman consul
ⓘ
Roman emperor ⓘ governor of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ |
| predecessor | Nero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 69 ⓘ |
| reignEndDetail | 15 January 69 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 68 ⓘ |
| reignStartDetail | 8 June 68 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| roseToPowerBy | rebellion against Nero ⓘ |
| servedIn | Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Otho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Servius Sulpicius Galba Description of subject: Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman senator and general who briefly ruled as emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Four Emperors in 68–69 AD.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roman emperor Galba
this entity surface form:
Galba
this entity surface form:
Galba
this entity surface form:
Servius Sulpicius Galba (emperor)
this entity surface form:
Galba
this entity surface form:
Galba
this entity surface form:
Roman emperor Galba
this entity surface form:
Galba
subject surface form:
Annus quattuor imperatorum
this entity surface form:
Galba
subject surface form:
Annus quattuor imperatorum
this entity surface form:
Galba
this entity surface form:
Galba