Catiline His Conspiracy
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Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean-era tragedy by Ben Jonson dramatizing the infamous Roman conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Republic.
All labels observed (1)
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| Catiline His Conspiracy canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catiline His Conspiracy Context triple: [Ben Jonson, wrote, Catiline His Conspiracy]
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A.
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
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B.
Catiline
Catiline was a Roman senator best known for leading a failed conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Republic in 63 BCE.
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C.
Vita di Cicerone
Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
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D.
Life of Lucullus
Life of Lucullus is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the life and character of the Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus.
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E.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catiline His Conspiracy Target entity description: Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean-era tragedy by Ben Jonson dramatizing the infamous Roman conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Republic.
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A.
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
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B.
Catiline
Catiline was a Roman senator best known for leading a failed conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Republic in 63 BCE.
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C.
Vita di Cicerone
Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
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D.
Life of Lucullus
Life of Lucullus is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the life and character of the Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus.
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E.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English Renaissance drama
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Jacobean tragedy ⓘ play ⓘ |
| author | Ben Jonson ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Bellum Catilinae
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surface form:
Catilinarian conspiracy
historical events in the late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
writings of Cicero
ⓘ
writings of Sallust ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act structure ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1611 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedBy | King's Men ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1611 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| format | quarto ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Caesar
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Catiline ⓘ Cato ⓘ Cethegus ⓘ Cicero ⓘ Fulvia ⓘ Lentulus ⓘ |
| hasPreface | authorial defense by Ben Jonson ⓘ |
| historicalFigureDepicted |
Gaius Julius Caesar
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Catiline ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Sergius Catilina
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis ⓘ Cicero ⓘ
surface form:
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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| historicalPeriodDepicted |
Late Roman Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
late Roman Republic
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neoclassical tendencies in English drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Stuart period
ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobean era
|
| mainCharacter |
Caesar
ⓘ
Cato the Younger ⓘ Cicero ⓘ Catiline ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Sergius Catilina
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| mainSubject |
Bellum Catilinae
ⓘ
surface form:
Catilinarian conspiracy
|
| meter | blank verse ⓘ |
| publisher | Walter Burre ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Sejanus His Fall ⓘ |
| setting |
Roman Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Rome
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| sharesAuthorWith | Sejanus His Fall ⓘ |
| theatreCompany | King's Men ⓘ |
| theme |
conspiracy and treason
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corruption in politics ⓘ moral integrity ⓘ rhetoric and persuasion ⓘ tyranny versus republican liberty ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | 63 BC ⓘ |
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Subject: Catiline His Conspiracy Description of subject: Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean-era tragedy by Ben Jonson dramatizing the infamous Roman conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Republic.
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
Benjamin Jonson