Valens Augustus
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Valens Augustus was a 4th-century Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, best known for his defeat and death at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 CE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Valens Augustus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10309165 — 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: Valens Augustus Context triple: [Flavius Valens, regnalName, Valens Augustus]
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A.
Aurelios
Aurelios is a variant form of the name Aurelius, historically associated with ancient Roman figures and Latin origins.
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B.
Claudi
Claudi is a given name, typically a variant or shortened form of names like Claudiu or Claudia used in various European languages.
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C.
Romanus
Romanus is a Latin masculine given name and cognomen historically used throughout the Roman world and later in various European cultures.
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D.
Flavius
Flavius is a common Roman praenomen and family name frequently borne by late Roman emperors and officials, including Romulus Augustulus.
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E.
Hadrien
Hadrien is a masculine given name of Latin origin, derived from Hadrianus and historically associated with the Roman emperor Hadrian.
- 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: Valens Augustus Target entity description: Valens Augustus was a 4th-century Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, best known for his defeat and death at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 CE.
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A.
Aurelios
Aurelios is a variant form of the name Aurelius, historically associated with ancient Roman figures and Latin origins.
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B.
Claudi
Claudi is a given name, typically a variant or shortened form of names like Claudiu or Claudia used in various European languages.
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C.
Romanus
Romanus is a Latin masculine given name and cognomen historically used throughout the Roman world and later in various European cultures.
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D.
Flavius
Flavius is a common Roman praenomen and family name frequently borne by late Roman emperors and officials, including Romulus Augustulus.
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E.
Hadrien
Hadrien is a masculine given name of Latin origin, derived from Hadrianus and historically associated with the Roman emperor Hadrian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Valentinian I ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
|
| birthDate | 328 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cibalae (traditionally, uncertain)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cibalae
|
| capitalOfRealm |
Constantinople
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinople (probable)
|
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| child |
Valentinianus Galates (uncertain/poorly attested)
ⓘ
linked to:
Valentinian Galates
|
| coEmperorWith |
Gratian
ⓘ
Valentinian I ⓘ |
| conflict | war with Procopius (usurper) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 378-08-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Thrace
ⓘ
near Adrianople ⓘ |
| dynasty | Valentinianic dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Illyrian Romans
ⓘ
linked to:
Illyrians
|
| givenName |
Flavius Julius Valens
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Valens
|
| governmentForm | autocracy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 4th century CE ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Arian religious policy
ⓘ
administrative and fiscal reforms in the Eastern Empire ⓘ defeat at the Battle of Adrianople ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
campaigns against Goths
ⓘ
campaigns against Persians ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Gothic War (376–382) ⓘ |
| mother |
Marina Severa (disputed/uncertain)
ⓘ
linked to:
Marina Severa
|
| notableEvent | Battle of Adrianople ⓘ |
| notableWork | Persecution of Nicene bishops ⓘ |
| opponent |
Fritigern
ⓘ
Goths ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Eastern Roman emperor
ⓘ
Roman emperor ⓘ |
| predecessor | Jovian ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 378-08-09 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 364-03-28 ⓘ |
| religion |
Arian Christianity
ⓘ
linked to:
Arianism
Nicene Christianity (early life, uncertain) ⓘ
linked to:
Nicene Christianity
|
| responsibleFor | settlement of Goths as foederati in Thrace ⓘ |
| sibling | Valentinian I ⓘ |
| spouse |
Domnica
ⓘ
linked to:
Domenica
|
| successor |
Theodosius I (in the East)
ⓘ
linked to:
Theodosius I
|
| title |
Augustus
ⓘ
Imperator Caesar Flavius Julius Valens Augustus ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Valens
|
| victory | defeat of the usurper Procopius ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Valens Augustus Description of subject: Valens Augustus was a 4th-century Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, best known for his defeat and death at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 CE.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.