Cato the Younger
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Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cato the Younger canonical | 29 |
| Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis | 6 |
| Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger | 4 |
| Brutus | 1 |
| Cato | 1 |
| Porcius Cato | 1 |
| Roman statesman Cato the Younger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T284559 — 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: Cato the Younger Context triple: [Roman Republic, notableFigure, Cato the Younger]
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Cicero
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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Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius was a powerful Roman general and statesman whose military reforms and unprecedented seven consulships profoundly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
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Titus
Titus is a New Testament pastoral epistle traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living.
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Titus
Titus was a 1st-century Roman general and later emperor best known for his military campaigns in Judea and his role in the events leading to the fall of Jerusalem.
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Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cato the Younger Target entity description: Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.
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A.
Cicero
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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B.
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius was a powerful Roman general and statesman whose military reforms and unprecedented seven consulships profoundly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
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C.
Titus
Titus is a New Testament pastoral epistle traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living.
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D.
Titus
Titus was a 1st-century Roman general and later emperor best known for his military campaigns in Judea and his role in the events leading to the fall of Jerusalem.
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E.
Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman senator
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Roman statesman ⓘ Stoic philosopher ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Marcus Porcius Cato (Uticensis) supporters in the Senate ⓘ |
| birthYear | 0095 BC ⓘ |
| child |
Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
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surface form:
Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger)
Porcia Catonis ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cognomen |
Cato the Younger
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cato
|
| deathCause | suicide ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Utica ⓘ |
| deathYear | 0046 BC ⓘ |
| epithet | the Younger ⓘ |
| familyName |
Cato the Younger
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Porcius Cato
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| father | Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger) ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cato the Younger
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
|
| givenName | Marcus ⓘ |
| grandfather |
Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
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surface form:
Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus
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| greatGrandfather | Cato the Elder ⓘ |
| halfSibling |
Servilia
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Servilius Caepio ⓘ |
| influenced | later Stoic and republican thinkers ⓘ |
| inspired |
Framers of the United States Constitution
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surface form:
American Founding Fathers
Enlightenment-era republicans ⓘ |
| knownFor |
austere lifestyle
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defense of the Roman Republic ⓘ incorruptible integrity ⓘ opposition to Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Caesar’s civil war
ⓘ
surface form:
Caesar’s Civil War
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| mother |
Livia Drusilla
ⓘ
surface form:
Livia Drusa
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| notableEvent |
defense of Utica after the Battle of Thapsus
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defense of the Catilinarian conspirators’ execution in the Senate ⓘ opposition to the First Triumvirate ⓘ |
| notableWork | political speeches (lost) ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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politician ⓘ |
| opposedPerson |
Julius Caesar
ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Pompey the Great (at times)
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| philosophicalSchool | Stoicism ⓘ |
| politicalFaction | Optimates ⓘ |
| politicalOffice |
praetor
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quaestor ⓘ tribune of the plebs ⓘ |
| portrayedInWork |
Addison’s play "Cato"
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Lucan’s Pharsalia ⓘ Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| posthumousReputation | symbol of republican virtue ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| sideInConflict |
Pompeian faction
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surface form:
Optimates faction against Julius Caesar
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| spouse |
Atilia
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Marcia ⓘ |
| suicideMethod | stabbing ⓘ |
| supportedCause |
senatorial aristocracy
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traditional Republican constitution ⓘ |
| supportedPerson |
Pompey the Great
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surface form:
Pompey the Great (during civil war against Caesar)
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| tribe | Porcia gens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Cato the Younger Description of subject: Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.
Referenced by (43)
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