Velleius Paterculus
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Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Velleius Paterculus canonical | 13 |
| Gaius Velleius | 1 |
| Marcus Velleius Paterculus | 1 |
| Paterculus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2098780 — 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.
Target entity: Velleius Paterculus Context triple: [Scribonia, historicalSource, Velleius Paterculus]
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Cassius Dio
Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
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Tacitus
Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
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Livy
Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
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Livy
Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
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Sallust
Sallust was a Roman historian and politician of the late Republic, best known for his monographs on the Catilinarian Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War, which pioneered a concise and morally charged style of historical writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Velleius Paterculus Target entity description: Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
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A.
Cassius Dio
Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
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B.
Tacitus
Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
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C.
Livy
Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
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D.
Livy
Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
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E.
Sallust
Sallust was a Roman historian and politician of the late Republic, best known for his monographs on the Catilinarian Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War, which pioneered a concise and morally charged style of historical writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose writer
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Roman historian ⓘ Roman soldier ⓘ ancient Roman historian ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Roman Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Rome
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 19 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | after AD 30 ⓘ |
| floruit | early 1st century AD ⓘ |
| fullName |
Velleius Paterculus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marcus Velleius Paterculus
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| genre | historiography ⓘ |
| historicalPerspective |
favorable to Julio-Claudian dynasty
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pro-imperial ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Livy
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Sallust ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
concise
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rhetorical ⓘ |
| mentionsEvent |
Battle of Actium
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civil wars of the late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
legatus
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military tribune ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Compendium of Roman History
ⓘ
Historiae Romanae ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
praetor
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quaestor ⓘ |
| period | Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ |
| praetorshipColleague | Gaius Caecilius Rufus ⓘ |
| praetorshipYear | AD 15 ⓘ |
| praised |
Livia Drusilla
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Sejanus ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ |
| referencedIn | later Roman historiography ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Campania ⓘ |
| servedIn | Roman army ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Tiberius ⓘ |
| socialStatus | equestrian ⓘ |
| textTransmission | survives in a single medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| workCoverage | from the founding of Rome to the reign of Tiberius ⓘ |
| workStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| workStructure | two books ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Roman Republic
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early Roman Empire ⓘ history of Rome ⓘ |
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Subject: Velleius Paterculus Description of subject: Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
Referenced by (16)
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