Ptolemy
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Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman client king of Mauretania under the Roman Empire, known as one of the last monarchs of the ancient Berber kingdoms in North Africa.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9338227 — 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: Ptolemy Context triple: [Ptolemy of Mauretania, givenName, Ptolemy]
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Ptolemy
Ptolemy was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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Ptolemaios
Ptolemaios is the Latinized name of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose works like the Almagest and Geographia shaped scientific thought for centuries.
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Claudius Ptolemaeus
Claudius Ptolemaeus, commonly known as Ptolemy, was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose geocentric model of the universe and influential works like the Almagest shaped scientific thought for over a millennium.
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Ptolemy son of Dorymenes
Ptolemy son of Dorymenes was a Seleucid military officer and general active during the early Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
- 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: Ptolemy Target entity description: Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman client king of Mauretania under the Roman Empire, known as one of the last monarchs of the ancient Berber kingdoms in North Africa.
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A.
Ptolemy
Ptolemy was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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B.
Ptolemaios
Ptolemaios is the Latinized name of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose works like the Almagest and Geographia shaped scientific thought for centuries.
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C.
Claudius Ptolemaeus
Claudius Ptolemaeus, commonly known as Ptolemy, was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose geocentric model of the universe and influential works like the Almagest shaped scientific thought for over a millennium.
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D.
Ptolemy son of Dorymenes
Ptolemy son of Dorymenes was a Seleucid military officer and general active during the early Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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E.
Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Berber king
ⓘ
Roman client ruler ⓘ client king ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Roman Emperor Tiberius
ⓘ
linked to:
Tiberius
|
| associatedWith | Roman imperial frontier in North Africa ⓘ |
| birthYear | 0013 ⓘ |
| capitalCityDuringReign | Caesarea Mauretaniae ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Caligula ⓘ |
| culture | Greco-Roman ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| deathYear | 0040 ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Ptolemaic dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Lagid dynasty
Royal house of Numidia and Mauretania ⓘ
linked to:
Numidian royal family
|
| ethnicGroup | Berber ⓘ |
| executedBy | Caligula ⓘ |
| father | Juba II ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ptolemaeus of Mauretania
ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemy of Mauretania
|
| grandfather | Mark Antony ⓘ |
| grandmother |
Cleopatra VII Philopator
ⓘ
linked to:
Cleopatra VII
|
| historicalPeriod |
Early Roman Empire
ⓘ
Julio-Claudian dynasty era ⓘ
linked to:
Julio-Claudian dynasty
|
| knownFor |
being a Greco-Roman client king under the Roman Empire
ⓘ
being one of the last monarchs of the ancient Berber kingdoms in North Africa ⓘ |
| languageLikelySpoken |
Berber
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| mother | Cleopatra Selene II ⓘ |
| name | Ptolemy ⓘ |
| notableAncestry |
descendant of the Julio-Claudian line through alliances
ⓘ
descendant of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt ⓘ |
| predecessor | Juba II ⓘ |
| region | North Africa ⓘ |
| reignedOver |
Mauretania
ⓘ
linked to:
Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
Mauretania Caesariensis ⓘ Mauretania Tingitana ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 0040 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 0023 ⓘ |
| religion | Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| successor | Roman provincial administration of Mauretania ⓘ |
| title |
Client king of Rome
ⓘ
King of Mauretania ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ptolemy Description of subject: Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman client king of Mauretania under the Roman Empire, known as one of the last monarchs of the ancient Berber kingdoms in North Africa.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ptolemy