Aulus Hirtius
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Aulus Hirtius was a Roman politician and general of the late Republic, best known as one of Julius Caesar’s supporters and for his role in the civil wars following Caesar’s assassination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aulus Hirtius canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8915884 — 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: Aulus Hirtius Context triple: [Mutina, associatedWith, Aulus Hirtius]
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A.
Titus Labienus
Titus Labienus was a Roman general and former chief lieutenant of Julius Caesar who later became one of Pompey’s leading commanders during Caesar’s civil war.
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B.
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus was a Roman general and politician best known as one of the leading conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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C.
Lucius Cassius Longinus
Lucius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and politician of the early 1st century AD, known for his connections to the imperial family and involvement in Julio-Claudian court politics.
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D.
Marcus Marius
Marcus Marius was a Roman political or military figure associated with the legacy or nomen of the prominent Marius family in ancient Rome.
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E.
Lucius Antonius
Lucius Antonius was a Roman politician and military commander of the late Republic, best known as the younger brother of Mark Antony and for leading the Perusine War against Octavian.
- 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: Aulus Hirtius Target entity description: Aulus Hirtius was a Roman politician and general of the late Republic, best known as one of Julius Caesar’s supporters and for his role in the civil wars following Caesar’s assassination.
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A.
Titus Labienus
Titus Labienus was a Roman general and former chief lieutenant of Julius Caesar who later became one of Pompey’s leading commanders during Caesar’s civil war.
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B.
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus was a Roman general and politician best known as one of the leading conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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C.
Lucius Cassius Longinus
Lucius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and politician of the early 1st century AD, known for his connections to the imperial family and involvement in Julio-Claudian court politics.
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D.
Marcus Marius
Marcus Marius was a Roman political or military figure associated with the legacy or nomen of the prominent Marius family in ancient Rome.
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E.
Lucius Antonius
Lucius Antonius was a Roman politician and military commander of the late Republic, best known as the younger brother of Mark Antony and for leading the Perusine War against Octavian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman general
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ancient Roman politician ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| alignedWith | senatorial cause against Mark Antony in 43 BC ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaius Vibius Pansa
Octavian ⓘ
linked to:
Augustus
Roman Senate ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Mutina
ⓘ
linked to:
Mutina campaign
|
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| conflict |
Liberators' civil war
ⓘ
linked to:
Liberators’ civil war
|
| consulshipWith |
Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaius Vibius Pansa
|
| consulshipYear | 43 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 43 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Mutina ⓘ |
| era |
late Roman Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Roman Republic
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| historicalPeriod | Roman civil wars ⓘ |
| knownAs | supporter of Julius Caesar and the Caesarian faction ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign | campaign against Mark Antony in northern Italy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | legatus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in civil wars after Caesar's assassination
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support of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| opposed | Mark Antony ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Caesar's Civil War
ⓘ
linked to:
Caesar’s civil war
Post-Caesarian civil wars ⓘ |
| positionHeld | consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | commanded senatorial forces at Mutina ⓘ |
| servedAs | governor ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| supported | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
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: Aulus Hirtius Description of subject: Aulus Hirtius was a Roman politician and general of the late Republic, best known as one of Julius Caesar’s supporters and for his role in the civil wars following Caesar’s assassination.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.