Maximian
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Maximian was a Roman emperor who ruled as co-augustus alongside Diocletian during the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, helping to stabilize and reform the empire.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maximian canonical | 31 |
| Emperor Maximian | 2 |
| Maximiano | 2 |
| Maximianus | 2 |
| Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus | 1 |
| Maximian (as Augustus of the West) | 1 |
| Maximian (father-in-law by Tetrarchic alliance) | 1 |
| Maximian Daia | 1 |
| Maximian Herculius | 1 |
| Maximian, Roman emperor | 1 |
| Maximianus Herculius | 1 |
| Roman emperor Maximian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T285041 — 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: Maximian Context triple: [Diocletian's Tetrarchy, hasEmperor, Maximian]
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A.
Flavius
Flavius is a common Roman praenomen and family name frequently borne by late Roman emperors and officials, including Romulus Augustulus.
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B.
Diocletian
Diocletian was a Roman emperor best known for stabilizing and reorganizing the empire through sweeping administrative reforms and establishing the Tetrarchy system of rule.
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C.
Constantine
Constantine is a historic northeastern Algerian city famed for its dramatic bridges spanning deep gorges and its role as a major cultural and economic center.
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D.
Julian
Julian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many English-speaking and European countries.
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E.
Hadrian
Hadrian was a 2nd-century Roman emperor best known for consolidating and fortifying the empire’s frontiers, including commissioning Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, and for his extensive building projects and patronage of Greek culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Maximian Target entity description: Maximian was a Roman emperor who ruled as co-augustus alongside Diocletian during the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, helping to stabilize and reform the empire.
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A.
Flavius
Flavius is a common Roman praenomen and family name frequently borne by late Roman emperors and officials, including Romulus Augustulus.
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B.
Diocletian
Diocletian was a Roman emperor best known for stabilizing and reorganizing the empire through sweeping administrative reforms and establishing the Tetrarchy system of rule.
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C.
Constantine
Constantine is a historic northeastern Algerian city famed for its dramatic bridges spanning deep gorges and its role as a major cultural and economic center.
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D.
Julian
Julian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many English-speaking and European countries.
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E.
Hadrian
Hadrian was a 2nd-century Roman emperor best known for consolidating and fortifying the empire’s frontiers, including commissioning Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, and for his extensive building projects and patronage of Greek culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Augustus
ⓘ
Roman emperor ⓘ consul of the Roman Empire ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| abdicatedAlongside | Diocletian ⓘ |
| abdicationDate | 1 May 305 ⓘ |
| allegiance | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Maximian
ⓘ
surface form:
Maximian Herculius
Maximian ⓘ
surface form:
Maximianus Herculius
|
| appointedBy | Diocletian ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Heracles
ⓘ
surface form:
Hercules
|
| birthDate | c. 250 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Maximian
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus
|
| caesarAppointmentDate | 1 March 286 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | forced suicide ⓘ |
| child |
Fausta
ⓘ
Maxentius ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| cognomen |
Maximian
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Maximianus
|
| conflict |
campaigns against Germanic tribes
ⓘ
civil war with Constantine the Great ⓘ usurpation of Carausius ⓘ |
| coRuler |
Constantius Chlorus
ⓘ
Diocletian ⓘ Galerius ⓘ |
| deathDate | July 310 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Massilia
ⓘ
Massilia ⓘ
surface form:
Massilia, Gallia Narbonensis
Marseille ⓘ
surface form:
modern Marseille, France
|
| dynasty | Tetrarchs ⓘ |
| era |
Crisis of the Third Century
ⓘ
Diocletian's Tetrarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Tetrarchic period
|
| familyName |
Maximian
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Maximianus
|
| fatherInLawOf |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| givenName | Marcus ⓘ |
| governmentSystem | Tetrarchic system ⓘ |
| imperialTitle | Herculius ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Diocletian's Tetrarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetrarchy
|
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| nomen | Aurelius ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-ruled the Roman Empire with Diocletian
ⓘ
helped stabilize the Roman Empire in the late 3rd century ⓘ participated in Diocletianic reforms ⓘ |
| occupation |
emperor
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| predecessor | Carinus ⓘ |
| previousTitle | Caesar ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1 May 305 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1 April 286 ⓘ |
| reignTitle |
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Augustus of the Western Roman Empire
|
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| sonInLaw |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| spouse | Eutropia ⓘ |
| successor |
Constantius Chlorus
ⓘ
Severus II ⓘ |
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: Maximian Description of subject: Maximian was a Roman emperor who ruled as co-augustus alongside Diocletian during the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, helping to stabilize and reform the empire.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.