Gordianus
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Gordianus is the cognomen of Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius, better known as the Roman emperor Gordian III.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gordianus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16452194 — 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: Gordianus Context triple: [Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius, cognomen, Gordianus]
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A.
Gaius Blossius
Gaius Blossius was a 2nd-century BCE Roman philosopher and political ally of Tiberius Gracchus, known for his Stoic-influenced advocacy of social and agrarian reforms.
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B.
Proculeius
Proculeius is a loyal Roman officer in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra," known for his role in securing Cleopatra’s surrender on Octavius Caesar’s behalf.
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C.
Glaucus Pontius
Glaucus Pontius is a figure from ancient tradition distinguished by the epithet “Pontius,” which associates him with the sea or maritime realms.
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D.
Gessius Marcianus
Gessius Marcianus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the early 3rd century, best known as the husband of Julia Mamaea and thus connected to the Severan imperial family.
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E.
Marius the Epicurean
Marius the Epicurean is an 1885 philosophical novel by Walter Pater that follows a young Roman’s spiritual and aesthetic development, embodying the principles of literary Aestheticism.
- 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: Gordianus Target entity description: Gordianus is the cognomen of Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius, better known as the Roman emperor Gordian III.
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A.
Gaius Blossius
Gaius Blossius was a 2nd-century BCE Roman philosopher and political ally of Tiberius Gracchus, known for his Stoic-influenced advocacy of social and agrarian reforms.
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B.
Proculeius
Proculeius is a loyal Roman officer in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra," known for his role in securing Cleopatra’s surrender on Octavius Caesar’s behalf.
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C.
Glaucus Pontius
Glaucus Pontius is a figure from ancient tradition distinguished by the epithet “Pontius,” which associates him with the sea or maritime realms.
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D.
Gessius Marcianus
Gessius Marcianus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the early 3rd century, best known as the husband of Julia Mamaea and thus connected to the Severan imperial family.
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E.
Marius the Epicurean
Marius the Epicurean is an 1885 philosophical novel by Walter Pater that follows a young Roman’s spiritual and aesthetic development, embodying the principles of literary Aestheticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.