Democrates alter, sive de justis belli causis apud Indos
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Democrates alter, sive de justis belli causis apud Indos is a 16th-century treatise by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda that defends the Spanish conquest of the Americas by arguing for the supposed justice and legitimacy of war against Indigenous peoples.
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| Democrates alter, sive de justis belli causis apud Indos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16751527 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Democrates alter, sive de justis belli causis apud Indos Context triple: [Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, notableWork, Democrates alter, sive de justis belli causis apud Indos]
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A.
Relectio de iure belli
Relectio de iure belli is a foundational 16th-century scholastic treatise on just war and international law by Francisco de Vitoria.
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B.
Commentarii de Bello Civili
Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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C.
Περὶ τῶν πολέμων
Περὶ τῶν πολέμων is the original Greek title of Procopius of Caesarea’s historical work commonly known in English as "History of the Wars," which chronicles the military campaigns of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
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D.
Ad Nationes
Ad Nationes is an early Christian apologetic work by Tertullian that defends Christianity against pagan accusations and misconceptions in the Roman Empire.
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E.
De iure belli ac pacis
De iure belli ac pacis is a foundational 1625 treatise on international law and the laws of war and peace that helped establish Hugo Grotius as a key figure in modern legal and political thought.
- 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: Democrates alter, sive de justis belli causis apud Indos Target entity description: Democrates alter, sive de justis belli causis apud Indos is a 16th-century treatise by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda that defends the Spanish conquest of the Americas by arguing for the supposed justice and legitimacy of war against Indigenous peoples.
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A.
Relectio de iure belli
Relectio de iure belli is a foundational 16th-century scholastic treatise on just war and international law by Francisco de Vitoria.
-
B.
Commentarii de Bello Civili
Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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C.
Περὶ τῶν πολέμων
Περὶ τῶν πολέμων is the original Greek title of Procopius of Caesarea’s historical work commonly known in English as "History of the Wars," which chronicles the military campaigns of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
-
D.
Ad Nationes
Ad Nationes is an early Christian apologetic work by Tertullian that defends Christianity against pagan accusations and misconceptions in the Roman Empire.
-
E.
De iure belli ac pacis
De iure belli ac pacis is a foundational 1625 treatise on international law and the laws of war and peace that helped establish Hugo Grotius as a key figure in modern legal and political thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
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