Maxentius
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Maxentius was a Roman emperor who ruled Italy and Africa in the early 4th century and was famously defeated by Constantine the Great at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maxentius canonical | 35 |
| Emperor Maxentius | 5 |
| usurper Maxentius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T285766 — 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: Maxentius Context triple: [Constantine the Great, coEmperorWith, Maxentius]
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A.
Licinius
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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B.
Constans
Constans was a 4th-century Roman emperor, son of Constantine the Great, who ruled over parts of the Western Roman Empire until his overthrow and death.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Maxentius Target entity description: Maxentius was a Roman emperor who ruled Italy and Africa in the early 4th century and was famously defeated by Constantine the Great at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
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A.
Licinius
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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B.
Constans
Constans was a 4th-century Roman emperor, son of Constantine the Great, who ruled over parts of the Western Roman Empire until his overthrow and death.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ usurper ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diocletian's Tetrarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetrarchy
|
| battleDate |
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Milvian Bridge, 28 October 312
|
| birthDate | c. 278 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | unknown, body reportedly recovered from the Tiber ⓘ |
| cameToPowerBy | revolt in Rome ⓘ |
| capital | Rome ⓘ |
| child | Romulus ⓘ |
| constructed |
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
ⓘ
surface form:
Basilica of Maxentius
Circus of Maxentius on the Via Appia ⓘ Temple of Romulus on the Roman Forum ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathCause | drowned in the Tiber River ⓘ |
| deathDate | 28 October 312 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Diocletian's Tetrarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetrarchic period
|
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| father | Maximian ⓘ |
| fullName | Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius ⓘ |
| givenName | Maxentius self-link ⓘ |
| governmentType | autocracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being defeated at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
ⓘ
conflict with Constantine the Great ⓘ large building projects in Rome ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| mother | Eutropia ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of the Milvian Bridge ⓘ |
| opponent |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
Galerius ⓘ Licinius ⓘ Severus II ⓘ |
| outcome | defeat at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge ⓘ |
| partOf | Crisis of the Third Century aftermath ⓘ |
| patronage | Christian community in Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Roman emperor ⓘ |
| predecessor | Severus II ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 28 October 312 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 28 October 306 ⓘ |
| religion | traditional Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| ruledRegion |
Africa
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| spouse | Valeria Maximilla ⓘ |
| styleOfRule | restoration of Rome as imperial center ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| title |
Augustus
ⓘ
Princeps invictus ⓘ |
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: Maxentius Description of subject: Maxentius was a Roman emperor who ruled Italy and Africa in the early 4th century and was famously defeated by Constantine the Great at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
Referenced by (41)
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
this entity surface form:
Emperor Maxentius
this entity surface form:
Emperor Maxentius
this entity surface form:
usurper Maxentius
this entity surface form:
Emperor Maxentius
subject surface form:
Circus of Maxentius
this entity surface form:
Emperor Maxentius
subject surface form:
Circus of Maxentius
subject surface form:
Circus of Maxentius
this entity surface form:
Emperor Maxentius
subject surface form:
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Valerius Maxentius