Publius Cornelius Dolabella
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Publius Cornelius Dolabella was a Roman politician and general of the late Republic, known for his turbulent career, shifting political alliances, and eventual role as a supporter of Julius Caesar.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Publius Cornelius Dolabella canonical | 10 |
| Cornelius Dolabella | 1 |
| Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 35 BC) | 1 |
| Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 44 BC) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8692362 — 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: Publius Cornelius Dolabella Context triple: [Tullia Ciceronis, spouse, Publius Cornelius Dolabella]
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A.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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B.
Lucius Cestius
Lucius Cestius was an ancient Roman figure, likely a magistrate or builder, commemorated as the namesake of the historic Ponte Cestio bridge in Rome.
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C.
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura was a Roman senator and conspirator best known as one of the leading figures in the Catilinarian conspiracy against the late Roman Republic.
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D.
Gnaeus Egnatius
Gnaeus Egnatius was a Roman proconsul and road-builder best known for initiating the construction of the Via Egnatia across the Balkans in the 2nd century BCE.
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E.
Subrius Flavus
Subrius Flavus was a Roman military officer and conspirator known for his role in the Pisonian plot to overthrow Emperor Nero in 65 CE.
- 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: Publius Cornelius Dolabella Target entity description: Publius Cornelius Dolabella was a Roman politician and general of the late Republic, known for his turbulent career, shifting political alliances, and eventual role as a supporter of Julius Caesar.
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A.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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B.
Lucius Cestius
Lucius Cestius was an ancient Roman figure, likely a magistrate or builder, commemorated as the namesake of the historic Ponte Cestio bridge in Rome.
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C.
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura was a Roman senator and conspirator best known as one of the leading figures in the Catilinarian conspiracy against the late Roman Republic.
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D.
Gnaeus Egnatius
Gnaeus Egnatius was a Roman proconsul and road-builder best known for initiating the construction of the Via Egnatia across the Balkans in the 2nd century BCE.
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E.
Subrius Flavus
Subrius Flavus was a Roman military officer and conspirator known for his role in the Pisonian plot to overthrow Emperor Nero in 65 CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman consul
ⓘ
Roman general ⓘ Roman politician ⓘ supporter of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Julius Caesar
ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ |
| cognomen | Dolabella ⓘ |
| conflict |
Caesar’s Civil War
ⓘ
linked to:
Caesar’s civil war
Liberators’ Civil War ⓘ
linked to:
Liberators’ civil war
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 70 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 43 BC ⓘ |
| era |
late Roman Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Roman Republic
|
| familyName | Cornelius ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw |
Marcus Tullius Cicero
ⓘ
linked to:
Cicero
|
| knownFor |
participation in the proscriptions and violence in Rome
ⓘ
shifting political alliances ⓘ supporting Julius Caesar in the civil war ⓘ turbulent political career ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| memberOf | gens Cornelia ⓘ |
| militaryRank | legatus ⓘ |
| nomen | Cornelius ⓘ |
| notableWork | role in the civil wars of the late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Gaius Cassius Longinus
ⓘ
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to:
Pompey the Great
Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ |
| participatedIn | political struggles of the 40s BC in Rome ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Laodicea ⓘ |
| politicalFaction | Caesarian faction ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
consul of the Roman Republic
ⓘ
governor of Syria ⓘ military commander ⓘ tribune of the plebs ⓘ |
| praenomen | Publius ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| residence | Rome ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialClass | Roman nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Tullia Ciceronis ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| tookOwnLifeToAvoid | capture by forces of the Liberators ⓘ |
| wasAccusedOf | extortion in his provincial command ⓘ |
| wasCondemnedBy |
Senate of the Roman Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Senate
|
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: Publius Cornelius Dolabella Description of subject: Publius Cornelius Dolabella was a Roman politician and general of the late Republic, known for his turbulent career, shifting political alliances, and eventual role as a supporter of Julius Caesar.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
married Furius Crassipes around 63 BC
subject linked to:
married Furius Crassipes around 63 BC
linked to: Publius Cornelius Dolabella
linked to: Publius Cornelius Dolabella
linked to: Publius Cornelius Dolabella
subject linked to:
Cornelii family