Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius
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Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius was a Roman statesman of the influential Caecilius Metellus family who served as consul and held other high offices during the late Roman Republic.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8618749 — 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: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius Context triple: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, relative, Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius]
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Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus was a Roman statesman of the powerful Caecilii Metelli family who reached the consulship during the late Roman Republic.
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his support of Sulla and his role in the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
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C.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
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D.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
Quintus Lutatius Catulus was a prominent late Roman Republic statesman and general, known for his conservative politics, rivalry with Gaius Marius, and role in the Social and civil wars.
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E.
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
- 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: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius Target entity description: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius was a Roman statesman of the influential Caecilius Metellus family who served as consul and held other high offices during the late Roman Republic.
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A.
Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus was a Roman statesman of the powerful Caecilii Metelli family who reached the consulship during the late Roman Republic.
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B.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his support of Sulla and his role in the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
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C.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
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D.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
Quintus Lutatius Catulus was a prominent late Roman Republic statesman and general, known for his conservative politics, rivalry with Gaius Marius, and role in the Social and civil wars.
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E.
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius Description of subject: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius was a Roman statesman of the influential Caecilius Metellus family who served as consul and held other high offices during the late Roman Republic.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.