Lucius Porcius Cato
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ancient Roman general
ancient Roman politician
consul of the Roman Republic
member of the Porcia gens
Lucius Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, known for his consulship in 89 BC and his role in the Social War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucius Porcius Cato canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10163366 — 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: Lucius Porcius Cato Context triple: [Porcia gens, hasNotableMember, Lucius Porcius Cato]
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A.
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus was a Roman jurist and politician of the 2nd century BC, known for his legal expertise and as the son of the famous statesman Cato the Elder.
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B.
Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, orator, and moralist known for his staunch conservatism, advocacy of traditional Roman values, and repeated calls for the destruction of Carthage.
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C.
Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
Marcus Porcius Cato, often called Cato the Elder’s grandson and father of Cato the Younger, was a Roman statesman of the late Republic known primarily through his connection to his more famous son.
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D.
Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.
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E.
Quintus Mucius Scaevola
Quintus Mucius Scaevola was a prominent Roman statesman and jurist of the late Republic, renowned for his expertise in law and his influence on Roman legal thought.
- 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: Lucius Porcius Cato Target entity description: Lucius Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, known for his consulship in 89 BC and his role in the Social War.
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A.
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus was a Roman jurist and politician of the 2nd century BC, known for his legal expertise and as the son of the famous statesman Cato the Elder.
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B.
Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, orator, and moralist known for his staunch conservatism, advocacy of traditional Roman values, and repeated calls for the destruction of Carthage.
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C.
Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
Marcus Porcius Cato, often called Cato the Elder’s grandson and father of Cato the Younger, was a Roman statesman of the late Republic known primarily through his connection to his more famous son.
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D.
Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.
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Quintus Mucius Scaevola
Quintus Mucius Scaevola was a prominent Roman statesman and jurist of the late Republic, renowned for his expertise in law and his influence on Roman legal thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman general
ⓘ
ancient Roman politician ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ member of the Porcia gens ⓘ |
| allegiance | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| coConsul | Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo ⓘ |
| cognomen | Cato ⓘ |
| commandedUnit | Roman army ⓘ |
| consulYear | 89 BC ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| deathDate | 89 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Fucine Lake ⓘ |
| era |
late Roman Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Roman Republic
|
| familyName | Porcius ⓘ |
| gens |
Porcia
ⓘ
linked to:
Porcia Catonis
|
| givenName | Lucius ⓘ |
| killedBy | Italian allies of Rome ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consulship during the Social War
ⓘ
death while commanding Roman forces ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Marsic War
ⓘ
Social War ⓘ |
| nomen | Porcius ⓘ |
| notableWork | command in the Social War ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 89 BC ⓘ |
| officeStart | 89 BC ⓘ |
| opponent |
Italian rebels
ⓘ
Marsic forces ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Roman consul
ⓘ
military commander ⓘ praetor ⓘ |
| praenomen | Lucius ⓘ |
| precededBy | consuls of 90 BC ⓘ |
| relative |
Marcus Porcius Cato (ancestor)
ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
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| socialClass | Roman nobility ⓘ |
| socialStatus | Roman senator ⓘ |
| succeededBy | consuls of 88 BC ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BC ⓘ |
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: Lucius Porcius Cato Description of subject: Lucius Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, known for his consulship in 89 BC and his role in the Social War.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.