Licinius
E40405
Licinius was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who ruled the eastern part of the empire and is best known for co-authoring the Edict of Milan, which granted religious tolerance to Christians.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Licinius canonical | 44 |
| Licinius I | 7 |
| Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T285091 — 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: Licinius Context triple: [Edict of Milan, issuedBy, Licinius]
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A.
Galerius
Galerius was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries CE, best known for his role in the Tetrarchy and for intensifying the persecution of Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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B.
Constantius Chlorus
Constantius Chlorus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, best known as a senior ruler in the Tetrarchy and the father of Constantine the Great.
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C.
Maximian
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Licinius Target entity description: Licinius was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who ruled the eastern part of the empire and is best known for co-authoring the Edict of Milan, which granted religious tolerance to Christians.
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A.
Galerius
Galerius was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries CE, best known for his role in the Tetrarchy and for intensifying the persecution of Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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B.
Constantius Chlorus
Constantius Chlorus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, best known as a senior ruler in the Tetrarchy and the father of Constantine the Great.
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C.
Maximian
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Galerius ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Adrianople (324)
ⓘ
Battle of Campus Ergenus ⓘ Battle of Chrysopolis ⓘ Battle of Tzirallum ⓘ |
| child | Licinius II ⓘ |
| conflict |
Constantinian civil war
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
Constantinian civil war ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinian–Licinian civil wars
|
| coRulerWith |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
Galerius ⓘ Maximinus Daia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 263 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 325 ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Illyrians
ⓘ
surface form:
Illyrian
|
| givenName |
Licinius
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius
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| governmentSystem |
Diocletian's Tetrarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetrarchy (late phase)
|
| knownFor |
civil wars against Constantine the Great
ⓘ
co-authoring the Edict of Milan ⓘ granting religious tolerance to Christians ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| laterReligiousPolicy | persecution of Christians in his territories ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Constantinian dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinian dynasty (by marriage)
|
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Balkans
ⓘ
Moesia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Salonika
ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalonica
|
| positionHeld |
Augustus
ⓘ
Caesar ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Galerius
ⓘ
surface form:
Galerius (in his territories)
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| reignEnd | 324 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 308 ⓘ |
| reignStartAsAugustus | November 11, 308 ⓘ |
| religiousPolicy |
initial support for Christian church
ⓘ
legalization of Christianity ⓘ |
| ruledRegion |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Balkan provinces ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signedDocument | Edict of Milan ⓘ |
| spouse |
Constantina
ⓘ
surface form:
Flavia Julia Constantia
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| successor |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| surrenderedTo |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
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: Licinius Description of subject: Licinius was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who ruled the eastern part of the empire and is best known for co-authoring the Edict of Milan, which granted religious tolerance to Christians.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Constantine the Great
subject surface form:
Constantine the Great
subject surface form:
Constantine the Great
this entity surface form:
Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius
this entity surface form:
Licinius I
this entity surface form:
Licinius I
this entity surface form:
Licinius I
this entity surface form:
Licinius I
this entity surface form:
Licinius I
this entity surface form:
Licinius I