Hermogenian Code
E662405
The Hermogenian Code was a late Roman collection of imperial legal rescripts compiled under the jurist Hermogenianus, which, together with the Gregorian Code, formed a key foundation for later Roman and Byzantine law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hermogenian Code canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7406899 — 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: Hermogenian Code Context triple: [Gregorian Code, relatedWork, Hermogenian Code]
-
A.
Digest of Justinian
The Digest of Justinian is a 6th-century compilation of Roman legal writings commissioned by Emperor Justinian I that became a foundational text for later civil law traditions.
-
B.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
-
C.
Shepherd of Hermas
Shepherd of Hermas is an early Christian apocalyptic and moralistic work, composed in Rome in the 2nd century, that presents visions and parables emphasizing repentance and ethical living.
-
D.
Gospel of the Hebrews
The Gospel of the Hebrews is a lost early Christian gospel, likely composed in Greek and used by some Jewish-Christian communities, that survives only in fragments quoted by early Church Fathers.
-
E.
Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
- 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: Hermogenian Code Target entity description: The Hermogenian Code was a late Roman collection of imperial legal rescripts compiled under the jurist Hermogenianus, which, together with the Gregorian Code, formed a key foundation for later Roman and Byzantine law.
-
A.
Digest of Justinian
The Digest of Justinian is a 6th-century compilation of Roman legal writings commissioned by Emperor Justinian I that became a foundational text for later civil law traditions.
-
B.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
-
C.
Shepherd of Hermas
Shepherd of Hermas is an early Christian apocalyptic and moralistic work, composed in Rome in the 2nd century, that presents visions and parables emphasizing repentance and ethical living.
-
D.
Gospel of the Hebrews
The Gospel of the Hebrews is a lost early Christian gospel, likely composed in Greek and used by some Jewish-Christian communities, that survives only in fragments quoted by early Church Fathers.
-
E.
Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of imperial rescripts
ⓘ
late Roman legal code ⓘ source of Roman law ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 293–294 CE ⓘ |
| citedAs | Codex Hermogenianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Hermogenianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledUnderEmperor | Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation | late 3rd century ⓘ |
| field |
Roman law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
law ⓘ legal history ⓘ |
| genre | law code ⓘ |
| hasCompiler | Hermogenianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
early modern codifications of Roman law
ⓘ
medieval civil law ⓘ |
| hasPart | imperial rescripts ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
administrative law
ⓘ
civil procedure ⓘ private law ⓘ |
| hasType | private compilation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Tetrarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Corpus Juris Civilis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Justinian Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodosian Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inLegalTradition | civil law tradition ⓘ |
| isComplementedBy | Gregorian Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalForm | collection of rescripts ⓘ |
| legalStatus | authoritative collection of rescripts ⓘ |
| mainContent | imperial rescripts of Diocletian ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hermogenianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | classical Roman legal tradition ⓘ |
| precededBy | Gregorian Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Eastern Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivesAs |
fragments
ⓘ
later quotations ⓘ |
| togetherWith | Gregorian Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceIn |
Digest of Justinian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later Roman legal commentaries ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Byzantine law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late Roman law ⓘ |
| wasBasisFor | later imperial codifications ⓘ |
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: Hermogenian Code Description of subject: The Hermogenian Code was a late Roman collection of imperial legal rescripts compiled under the jurist Hermogenianus, which, together with the Gregorian Code, formed a key foundation for later Roman and Byzantine law.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.