Gaius Cestius
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Gaius Cestius was a Roman magistrate and member of the elite who is best known as the man for whom the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome was built as a monumental tomb.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gaius Cestius canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21865740 — 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: Gaius Cestius Context triple: [Pyramid of Cestius, occupant, Gaius Cestius]
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A.
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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B.
Domitius
Domitius is a Roman nomen (family name) associated with the ancient plebeian gens Domitia.
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C.
Lusius Quietus
Lusius Quietus was a prominent 2nd-century Berber-Roman general and governor under Emperor Trajan, known for his key role in suppressing Jewish revolts and for briefly being a contender in imperial succession politics.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Gaius Cestius Target entity description: Gaius Cestius was a Roman magistrate and member of the elite who is best known as the man for whom the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome was built as a monumental tomb.
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A.
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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B.
Domitius
Domitius is a Roman nomen (family name) associated with the ancient plebeian gens Domitia.
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C.
Lusius Quietus
Lusius Quietus was a prominent 2nd-century Berber-Roman general and governor under Emperor Trajan, known for his key role in suppressing Jewish revolts and for briefly being a contender in imperial succession politics.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.