Antonius Primus
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Antonius Primus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a decisive role in securing the throne for Emperor Vespasian during the civil conflicts of 69 AD.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antonius Primus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3236352 — 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: Antonius Primus Context triple: [Year of the Four Emperors, notableCommander, Antonius Primus]
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A.
Antonius
Antonius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) most famously borne by the general and politician Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius).
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B.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
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C.
Lucilius Bassus
Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
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D.
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, best known as the biological father of the emperor Nero.
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E.
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.
- 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: Antonius Primus Target entity description: Antonius Primus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a decisive role in securing the throne for Emperor Vespasian during the civil conflicts of 69 AD.
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A.
Antonius
Antonius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) most famously borne by the general and politician Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius).
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B.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
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C.
Lucilius Bassus
Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
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D.
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, best known as the biological father of the emperor Nero.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1st-century Roman person
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Roman general ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeIn | 60s AD ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Flavian faction
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Vespasian ⓘ |
| category |
1st-century Romans
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People of the Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ Roman generals ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| commanded |
Legio VII Galbiana
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Roman forces in Pannonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Roman Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Rome
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| era | Early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Romans ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish | Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key military supporter of the Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Tacitus’ Histories
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surface form:
Tacitus "Histories"
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| languageOfExpression | Latin ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
general
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legatus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
decisive role in securing the throne for Vespasian
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supporting Vespasian in 69 AD ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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soldier ⓘ |
| opposed | Vitellius ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Year of the Four Emperors
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surface form:
Roman civil war of 69 AD
Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ |
| residence | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | led Flavian forces against Vitellian troops in northern Italy ⓘ |
| supported | Vespasian ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Cremona (69 AD)
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Battle of Bedriacum ⓘ
surface form:
Second Battle of Bedriacum
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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: Antonius Primus Description of subject: Antonius Primus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a decisive role in securing the throne for Emperor Vespasian during the civil conflicts of 69 AD.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Annus quattuor imperatorum