Milonia Caesonia
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Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Roman emperor Caligula, noted by ancient sources for her beauty, influence at court, and violent death alongside her husband in 41 CE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Milonia Caesonia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T518356 — 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: Milonia Caesonia Context triple: [Caligula, spouse, Milonia Caesonia]
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A.
Atia Balba Caesonia
Atia Balba Caesonia was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as the mother of the future emperor Augustus and niece of Julius Caesar.
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B.
Scribonia
Scribonia was a Roman noblewoman best known as the second wife of Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only biological child, Julia the Elder.
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C.
Julia Livilla
Julia Livilla was a Roman imperial princess of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, known as the sister of Emperor Caligula and for her involvement in the turbulent politics of the early Roman Empire.
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D.
Claudia Pulchra
Claudia Pulchra was a Roman noblewoman of the early Imperial period, known for her close familial ties to the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
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E.
Vipsania Agrippina
Vipsania Agrippina was a Roman noblewoman of the early Principate, best known as the first wife of the future emperor Tiberius and the daughter of the powerful general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
- 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: Milonia Caesonia Target entity description: Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Roman emperor Caligula, noted by ancient sources for her beauty, influence at court, and violent death alongside her husband in 41 CE.
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A.
Atia Balba Caesonia
Atia Balba Caesonia was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as the mother of the future emperor Augustus and niece of Julius Caesar.
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B.
Scribonia
Scribonia was a Roman noblewoman best known as the second wife of Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only biological child, Julia the Elder.
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C.
Julia Livilla
Julia Livilla was a Roman imperial princess of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, known as the sister of Emperor Caligula and for her involvement in the turbulent politics of the early Roman Empire.
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D.
Claudia Pulchra
Claudia Pulchra was a Roman noblewoman of the early Imperial period, known for her close familial ties to the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
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E.
Vipsania Agrippina
Vipsania Agrippina was a Roman noblewoman of the early Principate, best known as the first wife of the future emperor Tiberius and the daughter of the powerful general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman woman
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historical figure ⓘ wife of a Roman emperor ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| child |
Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)
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surface form:
Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula and Caesonia)
|
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 41 CE ⓘ |
| deathContext | political conspiracy against Caligula ⓘ |
| diedWith | Caligula ⓘ |
| era |
Julio-Claudian dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Julio-Claudian era
|
| husband | Caligula ⓘ |
| killedDuring | assassination of Caligula ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Cassius Dio’s Roman History
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surface form:
Cassius Dio's Roman History
De vita Caesarum ⓘ
surface form:
Suetonius' De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars)
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| motherOf |
Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)
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surface form:
Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula and Caesonia)
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| notableFor |
beauty
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influence at the imperial court ⓘ violent death ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Palatine Hill
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Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Roman empress ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| residence | Imperial court in Rome ⓘ |
| roleAtCourt | consort of the emperor Caligula ⓘ |
| spouse | Caligula ⓘ |
| spouseOrder | fourth wife of Caligula ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
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: Milonia Caesonia Description of subject: Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Roman emperor Caligula, noted by ancient sources for her beauty, influence at court, and violent death alongside her husband in 41 CE.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.