Crixus
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Crixus is a prominent gladiator character in the television series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," known for his fierce combat skills and complex, prideful nature.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crixus canonical | 14 |
| Crixus (character) | 1 |
| Crixus (historical gladiator) | 1 |
| Crixus in Spartacus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4292344 — 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: Crixus Context triple: [Spartacus: Blood and Sand, featuresCharacter, Crixus]
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A.
Sebastos
Sebastos was the grand artificial harbor of ancient Caesarea Maritima, renowned as one of the largest and most advanced seaports of the Roman world.
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B.
Euphorbus
Euphorbus is a Trojan warrior in Greek mythology, noted for wounding Patroclus during the Trojan War before the latter was finally slain.
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C.
Aenobarbus
Aenobarbus is a Roman cognomen most famously borne by members of the Domitii Ahenobarbi family, including the emperor Nero.
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D.
Lebbaeus
Lebbaeus is an alternative name traditionally associated with the apostle Thaddaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament.
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E.
Conon
Conon was a prominent 5th–4th century BCE Athenian admiral best known for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
- 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: Crixus Target entity description: Crixus is a prominent gladiator character in the television series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," known for his fierce combat skills and complex, prideful nature.
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A.
Sebastos
Sebastos was the grand artificial harbor of ancient Caesarea Maritima, renowned as one of the largest and most advanced seaports of the Roman world.
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B.
Euphorbus
Euphorbus is a Trojan warrior in Greek mythology, noted for wounding Patroclus during the Trojan War before the latter was finally slain.
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C.
Aenobarbus
Aenobarbus is a Roman cognomen most famously borne by members of the Domitii Ahenobarbi family, including the emperor Nero.
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D.
Lebbaeus
Lebbaeus is an alternative name traditionally associated with the apostle Thaddaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament.
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E.
Conon
Conon was a prominent 5th–4th century BCE Athenian admiral best known for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fictional character
ⓘ
Television character ⓘ |
| affiliation | House of Batiatus ⓘ |
| ally |
Agron
ⓘ
Naevia ⓘ Oenomaus ⓘ Spartacus ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
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Spartacus: Gods of the Arena ⓘ Spartacus: Vengeance ⓘ Spartacus: War of the Damned ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
Action
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Historical drama ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Crixus (historical gladiator)
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linked to:
Crixus
|
| characterArc | From proud champion of the arena to rebel leader ⓘ |
| creator | Steven S. DeKnight ⓘ |
| deathCause | Execution by crucifixion ⓘ |
| enemy |
Ashur
ⓘ
Glaber ⓘ The Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Republic
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| fightingStyle | Heavy gladiator combat ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Season 1 Episode 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
|
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| house | Ludus of Batiatus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Fierce combat skills
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Loyalty to Naevia ⓘ Prideful nature ⓘ Rivalry-turned-brotherhood with Spartacus ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin (depicted) ⓘ |
| loyalty |
Initially to Batiatus
ⓘ
Later to Spartacus and the rebellion ⓘ Rebel slaves ⓘ |
| nationality | Gaul ⓘ |
| network |
Starz
ⓘ
linked to:
Starz Entertainment
|
| occupation | Gladiator ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
Fierce
ⓘ
Honorable ⓘ Loyal ⓘ Prideful ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Manu Bennett ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Naevia ⓘ |
| setting | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| species | Human ⓘ |
| statusInSeries | Deceased ⓘ |
| title | Champion of Capua ⓘ |
| trainer | Doctore (Oenomaus) ⓘ |
| weapon |
Shield
ⓘ
Sword ⓘ |
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: Crixus Description of subject: Crixus is a prominent gladiator character in the television series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," known for his fierce combat skills and complex, prideful nature.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.