gens Marcia
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Gens Marcia was an ancient and influential Roman family (gens) that produced several notable politicians and magistrates during the Roman Republic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| gens Marcia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8241134 — 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: gens Marcia Context triple: [Lucius Marcius Philippus, nobleFamily, gens Marcia]
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A.
Marcia
Marcia was the wife of the Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher Cato the Younger, known from accounts of late Republican Rome.
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B.
Marcia
Marcia was the mother of the Roman emperor Trajan and a member of the provincial Roman aristocracy in Hispania.
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C.
Marcia
Marcia is a feminine given name, traditionally considered the female form of Marcus and used in various cultures, especially in English- and Romance-speaking countries.
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Marcie
"Marcie" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1968 debut album "Song to a Seagull," noted for its introspective lyrics and folk-inspired style.
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E.
Marcie
Marcie is a bespectacled, intelligent, and polite girl from the Peanuts comic strip, best known as Peppermint Patty’s loyal, soft-spoken friend who often calls her “Sir.”
- 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: gens Marcia Target entity description: Gens Marcia was an ancient and influential Roman family (gens) that produced several notable politicians and magistrates during the Roman Republic.
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A.
Marcia
Marcia was the wife of the Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher Cato the Younger, known from accounts of late Republican Rome.
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B.
Marcia
Marcia was the mother of the Roman emperor Trajan and a member of the provincial Roman aristocracy in Hispania.
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C.
Marcia
Marcia is a feminine given name, traditionally considered the female form of Marcus and used in various cultures, especially in English- and Romance-speaking countries.
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D.
Marcie
"Marcie" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1968 debut album "Song to a Seagull," noted for its introspective lyrics and folk-inspired style.
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E.
Marcie
Marcie is a bespectacled, intelligent, and polite girl from the Peanuts comic strip, best known as Peppermint Patty’s loyal, soft-spoken friend who often calls her “Sir.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman family
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ancient Roman gens ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Cicero’s writings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerius Maximus’ Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit |
late Roman Republic
ⓘ
middle Roman Republic ⓘ |
| geographicScope | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBranch |
Marcii Censorini
NERFINISHED
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Marcii Figuli NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcii Philippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcii Reges NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcii Rutili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| namingConvention | used cognomina such as Rex, Rutilus, Philippus, Censorinus, Figulus ⓘ |
| nomen | Marcius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Gaius Marcius Censorinus
NERFINISHED
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Gaius Marcius Figulus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Marcius Rutilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucius Marcius Philippus NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Marcius Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Marcius Tremulus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Roman Senate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman magistracies ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | varied across Republican factions ⓘ |
| politicalInfluence | influential in Republican politics ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
held priesthoods and religious offices in Rome
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supplied consuls in multiple years of the Republic ⓘ |
| producedOfficeHolder |
censor
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consul ⓘ magister equitum ⓘ praetor ⓘ tribune of the plebs ⓘ |
| relatedMythologicalFigure | Mars (by name association) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousRole | associated with cult of Mars (by name etymology) ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
patrician (some branches, traditionally)
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plebeian ⓘ |
| source |
ancient Roman historians
ⓘ
epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| traditionalAncestryClaim |
descent from Ancus Marcius
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descent from Numa Pompilius ⓘ |
| traditionalFounder | Ancus Marcius (legendary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfGens | plebeian gens with possible patrician origins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: gens Marcia Description of subject: Gens Marcia was an ancient and influential Roman family (gens) that produced several notable politicians and magistrates during the Roman Republic.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.