Stilicho
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Stilicho was a prominent late Roman general and statesman of Vandal descent who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as regent during the reign of Emperor Honorius.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stilicho canonical | 30 |
| Flavius Stilicho | 5 |
| Western Roman general Stilicho | 1 |
| reign of Stilicho | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T543526 — 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.
Target entity: Stilicho Context triple: [Western Roman Empire, militaryLeader, Stilicho]
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Olybrius
Olybrius was a short-lived 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose brief reign in 472 occurred during the empire’s final period of political fragmentation and decline.
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Majorian
Majorian was a 5th-century Western Roman emperor noted for his energetic but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to restore the crumbling empire through military campaigns and administrative reforms.
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C.
Genseric
Genseric was the powerful Vandal king who ruled North Africa in the 5th century and became infamous for leading the Vandals in the plundering of Rome in 455.
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D.
Avitus
Avitus was a short-reigned 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose rule was marked by political instability and the empire’s accelerating decline.
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Valentinian III
Valentinian III was a 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose long but troubled reign was marked by internal power struggles and the empire’s accelerating decline in the West.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Stilicho Target entity description: Stilicho was a prominent late Roman general and statesman of Vandal descent who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as regent during the reign of Emperor Honorius.
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A.
Olybrius
Olybrius was a short-lived 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose brief reign in 472 occurred during the empire’s final period of political fragmentation and decline.
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B.
Majorian
Majorian was a 5th-century Western Roman emperor noted for his energetic but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to restore the crumbling empire through military campaigns and administrative reforms.
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C.
Genseric
Genseric was the powerful Vandal king who ruled North Africa in the 5th century and became infamous for leading the Vandals in the plundering of Rome in 455.
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D.
Avitus
Avitus was a short-reigned 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose rule was marked by political instability and the empire’s accelerating decline.
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E.
Valentinian III
Valentinian III was a 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose long but troubled reign was marked by internal power struggles and the empire’s accelerating decline in the West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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Roman statesman ⓘ consul of the Roman Empire ⓘ magister militum ⓘ military commander ⓘ regent ⓘ |
| accusation | treason ⓘ |
| allegiance | Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 359 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| child |
Eucherius
ⓘ
Maria ⓘ Thermantia ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 408-08-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ravenna ⓘ |
| era |
reign of Honorius
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reign of Theodosius I ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Vandal ⓘ |
| executedBy |
Honorius
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Roman officials at Ravenna ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Theodosius I ⓘ |
| influenced | military policy of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acting as de facto ruler of the Western Roman Empire
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attempts to maintain unity between Eastern and Western Roman Empires ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | judicial killing ⓘ |
| militaryRank | magister utriusque militiae ⓘ |
| motherTongue | Latin ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Faesulae (406)
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Battle of Pollentia ⓘ Battle of Verona (402) ⓘ |
| notableWork | defense of the Western Roman Empire against barbarian invasions ⓘ |
| opponent |
Alaric I
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Eastern Roman court at Constantinople ⓘ Radagaisus ⓘ Goths ⓘ
surface form:
Visigoths
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| placeOfBurial | Ravenna ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | poems of Claudian ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
consul
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magister militum of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ regent of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| regentFor | Honorius ⓘ |
| religion | Nicene Christianity ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Honorius
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Theodosius I ⓘ |
| spouse | Serena ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Antiquity
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Late Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
late Roman Empire
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How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Stilicho Description of subject: Stilicho was a prominent late Roman general and statesman of Vandal descent who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as regent during the reign of Emperor Honorius.
Referenced by (37)
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