Domitius
E1032501
Domitius is a Roman nomen (family name) associated with the ancient plebeian gens Domitia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Domitius canonical | 14 |
| Domitii | 2 |
| Domitii Ahenobarbi | 2 |
| Gnaeus Domitius | 1 |
| Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13285704 — 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: Domitius Context triple: [gens Domitia, nomen, Domitius]
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A.
Quintianus
Quintianus is a Roman cognomen derived from the praenomen Quintus, typically indicating familial or ancestral association with someone bearing that name.
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B.
Lucius Cestius
Lucius Cestius was an ancient Roman figure, likely a magistrate or builder, commemorated as the namesake of the historic Ponte Cestio bridge in Rome.
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C.
Ianus Bifrons
Ianus Bifrons is a title of the Roman god Janus emphasizing his two-faced aspect, symbolizing his role as guardian of transitions, beginnings, and endings.
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D.
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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E.
Annius
Annius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Republic and Empire.
- 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: Domitius Target entity description: Domitius is a Roman nomen (family name) associated with the ancient plebeian gens Domitia.
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A.
Quintianus
Quintianus is a Roman cognomen derived from the praenomen Quintus, typically indicating familial or ancestral association with someone bearing that name.
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B.
Lucius Cestius
Lucius Cestius was an ancient Roman figure, likely a magistrate or builder, commemorated as the namesake of the historic Ponte Cestio bridge in Rome.
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C.
Ianus Bifrons
Ianus Bifrons is a title of the Roman god Janus emphasizing his two-faced aspect, symbolizing his role as guardian of transitions, beginnings, and endings.
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D.
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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E.
Annius
Annius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Republic and Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-language surname
ⓘ
Roman nomen ⓘ ancient Roman family name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | plebeian gens Domitia ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Roman gentes names
ⓘ
Roman nomina ⓘ |
| culture | Roman culture ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus | uncertain ⓘ |
| feminineForm | Domitia ⓘ |
| genderForm | masculine ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearersInGens |
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
ⓘ
Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus ⓘ Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| nameType | nomen gentilicium ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman naming conventions ⓘ |
| pluralForm |
Domitii
ⓘ
linked to:
Domitius
|
| regionOfUse | Italian Peninsula ⓘ |
| socialStatusOfGens | plebeian ⓘ |
| usedAs |
family name
ⓘ
gentile name ⓘ |
| usedBy | gens Domitia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Domitius Description of subject: Domitius is a Roman nomen (family name) associated with the ancient plebeian gens Domitia.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Domitius
subject linked to:
Ancient Roman nomina
linked to: Domitius
linked to: Domitius
linked to: Domitius
linked to: Domitius
linked to: Domitius