Life of Augustus
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Life of Augustus is an ancient biographical work about the Roman emperor Augustus, traditionally attributed to the historian and philosopher Nicholas of Damascus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life of Augustus canonical | 1 |
| narrative of the rise of Augustus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19242279 — 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: Life of Augustus Context triple: [Nicholas of Damascus, notableWork, Life of Augustus]
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Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Res Gestae Divi Augusti is an autobiographical inscription by the first Roman emperor, Augustus, detailing his political achievements, military campaigns, and benefactions to the Roman state.
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Life of Otho
Life of Otho is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in the Parallel Lives, recounting the character and brief reign of the Roman emperor Otho.
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De vita Caesarum
De vita Caesarum is an early 2nd-century biographical work by Suetonius that chronicles the lives and characters of the first twelve Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.
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Res Gestae
Res Gestae is a late 4th-century Latin historical work by Ammianus Marcellinus that chronicles the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva to the death of Valens, and is a key source for the history of Late Antiquity.
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E.
Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
- 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: Life of Augustus Target entity description: Life of Augustus is an ancient biographical work about the Roman emperor Augustus, traditionally attributed to the historian and philosopher Nicholas of Damascus.
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A.
Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Res Gestae Divi Augusti is an autobiographical inscription by the first Roman emperor, Augustus, detailing his political achievements, military campaigns, and benefactions to the Roman state.
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B.
Life of Otho
Life of Otho is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in the Parallel Lives, recounting the character and brief reign of the Roman emperor Otho.
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C.
De vita Caesarum
De vita Caesarum is an early 2nd-century biographical work by Suetonius that chronicles the lives and characters of the first twelve Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.
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D.
Res Gestae
Res Gestae is a late 4th-century Latin historical work by Ammianus Marcellinus that chronicles the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva to the death of Valens, and is a key source for the history of Late Antiquity.
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E.
Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Life of Augustus