Pompey the Great
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Pompey the Great was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, known for his military conquests, political alliance and rivalry with Julius Caesar, and pivotal role in Rome’s transition from republic to empire.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T284558 — 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: Pompey the Great Context triple: [Roman Republic, notableFigure, Pompey the Great]
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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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Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and statesman who became dictator, known for his civil war victory, constitutional reforms, and infamous proscriptions.
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César
César is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries and derived from the Roman family name Caesar.
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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."
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Cato the Younger
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Pompey the Great Target entity description: Pompey the Great was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, known for his military conquests, political alliance and rivalry with Julius Caesar, and pivotal role in Rome’s transition from republic to empire.
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A.
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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B.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and statesman who became dictator, known for his civil war victory, constitutional reforms, and infamous proscriptions.
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C.
César
César is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries and derived from the Roman family name Caesar.
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D.
Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
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E.
Cato the Younger
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
ⓘ
Roman statesman ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ military commander ⓘ triumvir ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Optimates ⓘ |
| annexedTerritory |
Judea
ⓘ
Syria ⓘ |
| birthDate | 106 BC ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Picenum
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| child |
Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey)
ⓘ
surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger
Pompeia Magna ⓘ Sextus Pompeius ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cognomen | Magnus ⓘ |
| colleagueInTriumvirate |
Julius Caesar
ⓘ
Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ |
| commandedRegion |
Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Hispania
the Eastern provinces ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
surface form:
the Mediterranean Sea
|
| commandType | extraordinary command against pirates ⓘ |
| consulship |
consul of 55 BC
ⓘ
consul of 70 BC ⓘ sole consul of 52 BC ⓘ |
| deathDate | 48 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Egypt
ⓘ
Pelusium ⓘ |
| defeated |
Mithridates VI Eupator
ⓘ
surface form:
Mithridates VI of Pontus
forces of Sertorius’s followers in Hispania ⓘ pirates of the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| enteredCity | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| era | Late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| familyName |
Pompey the Great
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Pompeius
|
| father | Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo ⓘ |
| fullName |
Pompey the Great
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
|
| givenName | Gnaeus ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
consul
ⓘ
proconsul ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Magnus ⓘ |
| honorificTitleGivenBy |
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
ⓘ
surface form:
Sulla
|
| house | gens Pompeia ⓘ |
| influenced | transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire ⓘ |
| killedBy | agents of Ptolemy XIII of Egypt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
military conquests
ⓘ
political ambition ⓘ rivalry with Julius Caesar ⓘ role in the First Triumvirate ⓘ |
| lostBattle |
Pharsalus
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Pharsalus
|
| lostBattleTo | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| memberOf | First Triumvirate ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Pharsalus
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Pharsalus
Battle of the Colline Gate ⓘ |
| notableCampaign |
Third Mithridatic War
ⓘ
campaign against the pirates in the Mediterranean ⓘ war against Sertorius in Spain ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| politicalAlly |
Julius Caesar
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Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ
surface form:
Sulla
|
| politicalRival | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| portrayedInWork |
Appian’s Roman History
ⓘ
Lucan’s Pharsalia ⓘ Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ
surface form:
Plutarch’s Life of Pompey
|
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Aemilia Scaura
ⓘ
Antistia ⓘ Cornelia Metella ⓘ Julia ⓘ Mucia Tertia ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Roman Senate ⓘ |
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Subject: Pompey the Great Description of subject: Pompey the Great was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, known for his military conquests, political alliance and rivalry with Julius Caesar, and pivotal role in Rome’s transition from republic to empire.
Referenced by (158)
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