Calgacus
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Calgacus was a first-century Caledonian chieftain, known from Tacitus’ account as the leader of the tribes who resisted Roman expansion in northern Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Calgacus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22406431 — 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: Calgacus Context triple: [Battle of Mons Graupius, commander, Calgacus]
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Burebista
Burebista was a 1st-century BC king who forged a powerful Dacian kingdom in the Carpathian region and became a significant regional rival to Rome.
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B.
Bato of the Daesitiates
Bato of the Daesitiates was a prominent Illyrian chieftain who led a major revolt against Roman rule in the early 1st century AD.
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C.
Viriatus
Viriatus was a famed Lusitanian leader and guerrilla commander who resisted Roman expansion in the Iberian Peninsula during the 2nd century BCE.
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D.
Orgetorix
Orgetorix was a powerful Helvetian noble and conspirator in the 1st century BCE who led an ambitious but ultimately thwarted attempt to organize his tribe’s mass migration and seize greater power in Gaul.
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E.
Datisca
Datisca is a small genus of flowering plants known for its tall, herbaceous species native to parts of Asia and North America, often studied for their nitrogen-fixing root symbioses.
- 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: Calgacus Target entity description: Calgacus was a first-century Caledonian chieftain, known from Tacitus’ account as the leader of the tribes who resisted Roman expansion in northern Britain.
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A.
Burebista
Burebista was a 1st-century BC king who forged a powerful Dacian kingdom in the Carpathian region and became a significant regional rival to Rome.
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B.
Bato of the Daesitiates
Bato of the Daesitiates was a prominent Illyrian chieftain who led a major revolt against Roman rule in the early 1st century AD.
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C.
Viriatus
Viriatus was a famed Lusitanian leader and guerrilla commander who resisted Roman expansion in the Iberian Peninsula during the 2nd century BCE.
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D.
Orgetorix
Orgetorix was a powerful Helvetian noble and conspirator in the 1st century BCE who led an ambitious but ultimately thwarted attempt to organize his tribe’s mass migration and seize greater power in Gaul.
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E.
Datisca
Datisca is a small genus of flowering plants known for its tall, herbaceous species native to parts of Asia and North America, often studied for their nitrogen-fixing root symbioses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.