Commodus
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Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commodus canonical | 40 |
| Lucius Aurelius Commodus | 2 |
| Aurelius Commodus Pompeianus | 1 |
| Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus | 1 |
| Commodus – Gladiator | 1 |
| reign of Commodus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T358587 — 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: Commodus Context triple: [Marcomannic Wars, significantPerson, Commodus]
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A.
Caligula
Caligula was a first-century Roman emperor infamous for his autocratic rule, extravagance, and accounts of cruelty and madness.
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B.
Claudiianus
Claudiianus is a Latin-derived personal name likely associated with or stemming from the Roman family name Claudius.
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C.
Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus was a Roman emperor (reigned 193–211 CE) and founder of the Severan dynasty, known for his military campaigns and strengthening of imperial authority.
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D.
Nero
Nero was a 1st-century Roman emperor best known for his tyrannical rule, persecution of Christians, and association with the Great Fire of Rome.
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E.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
- 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: Commodus Target entity description: Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
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A.
Caligula
Caligula was a first-century Roman emperor infamous for his autocratic rule, extravagance, and accounts of cruelty and madness.
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B.
Claudiianus
Claudiianus is a Latin-derived personal name likely associated with or stemming from the Roman family name Claudius.
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C.
Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus was a Roman emperor (reigned 193–211 CE) and founder of the Severan dynasty, known for his military campaigns and strengthening of imperial authority.
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D.
Nero
Nero was a 1st-century Roman emperor best known for his tyrannical rule, persecution of Christians, and association with the Great Fire of Rome.
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E.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Year of the Five Emperors (193) as immediate predecessor ⓘ |
| birthName |
Commodus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Aurelius Commodus
|
| causeOfDeath | strangulation ⓘ |
| claimedDivinity |
Heracles
ⓘ
surface form:
Hercules
|
| coEmperorEnd | 180 ⓘ |
| coEmperorStart | 177 ⓘ |
| coEmperorWith | Marcus Aurelius ⓘ |
| cognomen | Commodus self-link ⓘ |
| consulshipCount | 7 ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 161-08-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 192-12-31 ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Cassius Dio
ⓘ
surface form:
Cassius Dio's Roman History
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ Historia Augusta ⓘ |
| dynasty | Nerva–Antonine dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| familyName | Aurelius ⓘ |
| father | Marcus Aurelius ⓘ |
| givenName | Commodus self-link ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| mother | Faustina the Younger ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nomen | Aurelius ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the decline of the Roman Empire
ⓘ
erratic rule ⓘ participation in gladiatorial combats ⓘ self-indulgence ⓘ |
| occupation |
emperor
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lanuvium ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Roman consul
ⓘ
Roman emperor ⓘ |
| practiced | damnatio memoriae after death ⓘ |
| praenomen | Lucius ⓘ |
| predecessor | Marcus Aurelius ⓘ |
| regnalName |
Commodus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
|
| reignEnd | 192 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 180 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| restoredBy |
Septimius Severus
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surface form:
Emperor Septimius Severus
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Bruttia Crispina ⓘ |
| successor | Pertinax ⓘ |
| title |
Augustus
ⓘ
Pater Patriae ⓘ pontifex maximus ⓘ
surface form:
Pontifex Maximus
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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: Commodus Description of subject: Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
reign of Commodus
this entity surface form:
Lucius Aurelius Commodus
this entity surface form:
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
this entity surface form:
Commodus – Gladiator
this entity surface form:
Lucius Aurelius Commodus
subject surface form:
Cornificia
this entity surface form:
Aurelius Commodus Pompeianus