Cicero
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Cicero was a renowned Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher whose speeches and writings profoundly influenced Latin literature and Western political thought.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cicero canonical | 112 |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero | 32 |
| Christian Cicero | 1 |
| Cícero | 1 |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero (curule aedile, debated; he declined the aedileship in fact) | 1 |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor | 1 |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero the orator | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T284555 — 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: Cicero Context triple: [Roman Republic, notableFigure, Cicero]
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Horace
Horace is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and later borne by notable individuals like the English writer and politician Horace Walpole.
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B.
Terence
Terence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman playwright Terence and later borne by notable individuals including the British dramatist Terence Rattigan.
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C.
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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D.
Lucretius
Lucretius was a 1st-century BCE Roman poet and philosopher best known for his didactic epic "De rerum natura," which expounds Epicurean physics and ethics.
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E.
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was a 2nd-century Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher best known for his work "Meditations" and for exemplifying the ideal of the philosopher-king.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cicero Target entity description: Cicero was a renowned Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher whose speeches and writings profoundly influenced Latin literature and Western political thought.
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A.
Horace
Horace is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and later borne by notable individuals like the English writer and politician Horace Walpole.
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B.
Terence
Terence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman playwright Terence and later borne by notable individuals including the British dramatist Terence Rattigan.
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C.
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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D.
Lucretius
Lucretius was a 1st-century BCE Roman poet and philosopher best known for his didactic epic "De rerum natura," which expounds Epicurean physics and ethics.
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E.
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was a 2nd-century Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher best known for his work "Meditations" and for exemplifying the ideal of the philosopher-king.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman statesman
ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ orator ⓘ philosopher ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| ally |
Pompey the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
Pompey
Roman Senate ⓘ
surface form:
Senate of the Roman Republic
|
| birthDate | 106 BC ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Arpinum
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| child |
Cicero
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor
Tullia Ciceronis ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cognomen | Cicero self-link ⓘ |
| correspondent | Atticus ⓘ |
| deathDate | 43 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Formiae
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Athens
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Rhodes ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| era | Late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| familyName | Tullius ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cicero
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marcus Tullius Cicero
|
| genre |
judicial oratory
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letters ⓘ philosophical dialogue ⓘ political oratory ⓘ |
| givenName | Marcus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Enlightenment political thought
ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Augustine
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
|
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Epicureanism ⓘ Plato ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ |
| killedBy | agents of the Second Triumvirate ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Latin prose style
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defense of the Roman Republic ⓘ development of Roman rhetoric ⓘ influence on Western political philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| nomen | Tullius ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cato the Younger
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surface form:
Brutus
De finibus bonorum et malorum ⓘ De legibus ⓘ De natura deorum ⓘ De officiis ⓘ De oratore ⓘ De re publica ⓘ In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) ⓘ De oratore ⓘ
surface form:
Orator
Philippicae ⓘ Tusculanae Disputationes ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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lawyer ⓘ orator ⓘ philosopher ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| opponent |
Catiline
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Mark Antony ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Skepticism
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surface form:
Academic skepticism
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| positionHeld |
augur
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consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ praetor ⓘ quaestor ⓘ |
| praenomen | Marcus ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Publilia
ⓘ
Terentia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Cicero Description of subject: Cicero was a renowned Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher whose speeches and writings profoundly influenced Latin literature and Western political thought.
Referenced by (149)
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