Maximus Decimus Meridius
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Maximus Decimus Meridius is the fictional Roman general-turned-gladiator portrayed by Russell Crowe in the film "Gladiator," known for seeking vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family.
All labels observed (1)
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| Maximus Decimus Meridius canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1207604 — 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: Maximus Decimus Meridius Context triple: [Gladiator, mainCharacter, Maximus Decimus Meridius]
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Maximus
Maximus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, often associated with greatness or superiority and used both historically and in modern times.
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B.
Lucius
Lucius is an American indie pop band known for its lush harmonies, retro-inspired sound, and the twin-like vocal pairing of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.
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C.
Lucius
Lucius was the birth name of the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 CE and is infamous for his tyrannical reign.
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Julius Civilis
Julius Civilis was a 1st-century Batavian chieftain and Roman military officer who led a major revolt against Roman rule along the Rhine frontier.
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E.
Maccus
Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
- 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: Maximus Decimus Meridius Target entity description: Maximus Decimus Meridius is the fictional Roman general-turned-gladiator portrayed by Russell Crowe in the film "Gladiator," known for seeking vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family.
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A.
Maximus
Maximus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, often associated with greatness or superiority and used both historically and in modern times.
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B.
Lucius
Lucius is an American indie pop band known for its lush harmonies, retro-inspired sound, and the twin-like vocal pairing of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.
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C.
Lucius
Lucius was the birth name of the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 CE and is infamous for his tyrannical reign.
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D.
Julius Civilis
Julius Civilis was a 1st-century Batavian chieftain and Roman military officer who led a major revolt against Roman rule along the Rhine frontier.
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E.
Maccus
Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ gladiator ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Marcus Aurelius
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surface form:
Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gladiator ⓘ |
| awardAssociatedWithPortrayal | Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ |
| awardRecipientForPortrayal | Russell Crowe ⓘ |
| betrayedBy | Commodus ⓘ |
| child | unamed son ⓘ |
| combatStyle | swordsmanship ⓘ |
| createdBy |
David Franzoni
ⓘ
John Logan ⓘ William Nicholson ⓘ |
| deathCause | stab wound ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Colosseum ⓘ |
| directedBy | Ridley Scott ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Commodus ⓘ |
| enslavedBy | slave traders ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Gladiator
ⓘ
surface form:
Gladiator film universe
|
| fightsIn | Colosseum games ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Gladiator ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | historical drama character ⓘ |
| honoredBy | Roman senators at his death ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | Commodus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
combat skill
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famous line "Are you not entertained?" ⓘ military leadership ⓘ sense of honor ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin (depicted) ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Marcus Aurelius ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | murder of his family ⓘ |
| nationality | Roman ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle against Germanic tribes in Germania ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
gladiator ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Russell Crowe ⓘ |
| rescues | Rome from Commodus's tyranny (symbolically) ⓘ |
| seeks | vengeance ⓘ |
| servesAs | commander of Roman armies in the north ⓘ |
| setting |
Nerva–Antonine dynasty
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surface form:
Roman Empire under Marcus Aurelius and Commodus
|
| spouse | unamed wife ⓘ |
| statusInStory | deceased ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| trainedBy | Proximo ⓘ |
| weapon | gladius ⓘ |
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: Maximus Decimus Meridius Description of subject: Maximus Decimus Meridius is the fictional Roman general-turned-gladiator portrayed by Russell Crowe in the film "Gladiator," known for seeking vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.