Justinian II
E391563
Justinian II was a Byzantine emperor of the late 7th and early 8th centuries known for his ambitious but often harsh rule, distinctive mutilation and restoration to the throne, and eventual violent overthrow.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Justinian II canonical | 7 |
| Justinian II Rhinometus | 1 |
| Justinian II Rhinotmetos | 1 |
| Justinian II Rhinotmetus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3570958 — 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: Justinian II Context triple: [Constantine IV, successor, Justinian II]
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A.
Emperor Constans II
Emperor Constans II was a 7th-century Byzantine emperor known for his long and turbulent reign marked by religious controversies, military conflicts with the Arabs, and an unusual relocation of the imperial court to Syracuse in Sicily.
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B.
Emperor Phocas
Emperor Phocas was a Byzantine ruler (reigned 602–610) known for his violent usurpation of the throne, oppressive and chaotic rule, and eventual overthrow by Heraclius.
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C.
Emperor Constantine IV
Emperor Constantine IV was a 7th-century Byzantine emperor known for defending Constantinople against Arab sieges and for his role in resolving the Monothelite controversy within the Christian Church.
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D.
Constantine V
Constantine V was an 8th-century Byzantine emperor known for his strong iconoclast policies, military campaigns against the Bulgars and Arabs, and significant administrative and fiscal reforms.
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E.
Emperor Constantine VI
Emperor Constantine VI was a Byzantine emperor of the Isaurian dynasty who ruled in the late 8th century, known for his troubled reign marked by regency under his mother Irene and eventual deposition and blinding.
- 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: Justinian II Target entity description: Justinian II was a Byzantine emperor of the late 7th and early 8th centuries known for his ambitious but often harsh rule, distinctive mutilation and restoration to the throne, and eventual violent overthrow.
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A.
Emperor Constans II
Emperor Constans II was a 7th-century Byzantine emperor known for his long and turbulent reign marked by religious controversies, military conflicts with the Arabs, and an unusual relocation of the imperial court to Syracuse in Sicily.
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B.
Emperor Phocas
Emperor Phocas was a Byzantine ruler (reigned 602–610) known for his violent usurpation of the throne, oppressive and chaotic rule, and eventual overthrow by Heraclius.
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C.
Emperor Constantine IV
Emperor Constantine IV was a 7th-century Byzantine emperor known for defending Constantinople against Arab sieges and for his role in resolving the Monothelite controversy within the Christian Church.
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D.
Constantine V
Constantine V was an 8th-century Byzantine emperor known for his strong iconoclast policies, military campaigns against the Bulgars and Arabs, and significant administrative and fiscal reforms.
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E.
Emperor Constantine VI
Emperor Constantine VI was a Byzantine emperor of the Isaurian dynasty who ruled in the late 8th century, known for his troubled reign marked by regency under his mother Irene and eventual deposition and blinding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine emperor
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| ally | Tervel of Bulgaria ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Justinian II
ⓘ
surface form:
Justinian II Rhinometus
Justinian II ⓘ
surface form:
Justinian II Rhinotmetus
|
| birthDate | circa 668 ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign |
Constantinople (probable)
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| child | Tiberius (son of Justinian II) ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | November 4, 711 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Constantinople (probable)
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| dynasty | Heraclian dynasty ⓘ |
| epithet | Rhinotmetos ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning | the slit-nosed ⓘ |
| era |
early 8th century
ⓘ
late 7th century ⓘ |
| father |
Emperor Constantine IV
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine IV
|
| fullName |
Justinian II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Justinian II Rhinotmetos
|
| implementedPolicy | resettlement of populations within the empire ⓘ |
| issued | gold solidus coins bearing Christ’s image ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ambitious building and artistic programs
ⓘ
harsh taxation policies ⓘ persecution of opponents ⓘ religious and administrative centralization ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | beheading ⓘ |
| mother |
Saint Anastasia
ⓘ
surface form:
Anastasia
|
| notableEvent |
deposed in 695
ⓘ
exiled to Cherson in Crimea ⓘ nose mutilated after deposition ⓘ overthrown and killed in 711 ⓘ restored to the throne in 705 ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of the first Byzantine emperors to depict Christ on coinage ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Philippicus Bardanes ⓘ |
| placeOfExile |
Chersonese
ⓘ
surface form:
Cherson
|
| positionHeld | Emperor of the Romans ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Emperor Constantine IV
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine IV
|
| reignEnd | 695 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 685 ⓘ |
| religion | Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ |
| secondReignEnd | 711 ⓘ |
| secondReignStart | 705 ⓘ |
| securedThroneWithHelpOf | First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ |
| signedTreatyWith |
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
ⓘ
surface form:
Caliph Abd al-Malik
|
| soughtRefugeWith |
Khazar Khaganate
ⓘ
surface form:
Khazars
|
| spouse |
Eudokia
ⓘ
Theodora of Khazaria ⓘ |
| successor |
Leontius
ⓘ
Philippicus Bardanes ⓘ |
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: Justinian II Description of subject: Justinian II was a Byzantine emperor of the late 7th and early 8th centuries known for his ambitious but often harsh rule, distinctive mutilation and restoration to the throne, and eventual violent overthrow.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Constantine IV
subject surface form:
Constantine IV
this entity surface form:
Justinian II Rhinotmetos
this entity surface form:
Justinian II Rhinometus
this entity surface form:
Justinian II Rhinotmetus
subject surface form:
Constantine IV
subject surface form:
Constantine IV