Anicius Probinus (probable)
E224009
Anicius Probinus (probable) was a late Roman aristocrat of the influential Anicii family, likely active in high imperial office and remembered chiefly as the probable father of the Western Roman emperor Petronius Maximus.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anicius Probinus | 2 |
| Anicius Probinus (probable) canonical | 1 |
| Anicius Probus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2001809 — 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: Anicius Probinus (probable) Context triple: [Petronius Maximus, father, Anicius Probinus (probable)]
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A.
Libius Severus
Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
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B.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
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C.
Pertinax
Pertinax was a Roman military commander and short-reigning emperor in 193 AD, known for his role in frontier wars and his brief, reform-minded rule following the assassination of Commodus.
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D.
Maximinus Daia
Maximinus Daia was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century, known as one of the Tetrarchs and a fierce persecutor of Christians in the eastern provinces.
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E.
Claudius Pompeianus
Claudius Pompeianus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and senator, son-in-law of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who played a key military role during the Marcomannic Wars.
- 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: Anicius Probinus (probable) Target entity description: Anicius Probinus (probable) was a late Roman aristocrat of the influential Anicii family, likely active in high imperial office and remembered chiefly as the probable father of the Western Roman emperor Petronius Maximus.
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A.
Libius Severus
Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
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B.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
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C.
Pertinax
Pertinax was a Roman military commander and short-reigning emperor in 193 AD, known for his role in frontier wars and his brief, reform-minded rule following the assassination of Commodus.
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D.
Maximinus Daia
Maximinus Daia was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century, known as one of the Tetrarchs and a fierce persecutor of Christians in the eastern provinces.
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E.
Claudius Pompeianus
Claudius Pompeianus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and senator, son-in-law of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who played a key military role during the Marcomannic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman aristocrat
ⓘ
late Roman nobleman ⓘ member of the Anicii family ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman imperial administration
ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| child |
Petronius Maximus
ⓘ
surface form:
Petronius Maximus (probable)
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| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| familyName |
Anicii
ⓘ
surface form:
Anicius
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Probinus ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | probable individual with uncertain identification ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Anicii
ⓘ
surface form:
gens Anicia
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| nobleFamily | Anicii ⓘ |
| notableFor | probable paternity of emperor Petronius Maximus ⓘ |
| positionHeld | high imperial office (uncertain) ⓘ |
| socialClass | Roman senatorial aristocracy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Roman Empire ⓘ |
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: Anicius Probinus (probable) Description of subject: Anicius Probinus (probable) was a late Roman aristocrat of the influential Anicii family, likely active in high imperial office and remembered chiefly as the probable father of the Western Roman emperor Petronius Maximus.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anicius Probus
this entity surface form:
Anicius Probinus