Gaius Asinius Pollio
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Gaius Asinius Pollio was a prominent Roman orator, poet, historian, and statesman of the late Republic, known for founding the first public library in Rome and for his close association with Julius Caesar and Augustus.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gaius Asinius Pollio canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12629706 — 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 Asinius Pollio Context triple: [Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, father, Gaius Asinius Pollio]
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Vespasius Pollio
Vespasius Pollio was a member of the Vespasii family of the early Roman Empire, known primarily as a relative of Vespasia Polla and thus connected to the lineage of Emperor Vespasian.
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Trebellius Pollio
Trebellius Pollio is a possibly fictitious Roman historian traditionally credited as one of the supposed authors of the late antique biographical collection known as the Historia Augusta.
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Gaius Caecilius
Gaius Caecilius, better known as Pliny the Younger, was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate whose letters provide a key eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and valuable insight into Roman imperial society.
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D.
Johannes Marcus Marci
Johannes Marcus Marci was a 17th-century Bohemian physician, scientist, and rector of Charles University in Prague, known for his work in optics and medicine.
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E.
Cornelii Balbi
Cornelii Balbi were a prominent branch of the ancient Roman Cornelii family, known for producing influential political and military figures during the late Republic and early Empire.
- 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 Asinius Pollio Target entity description: Gaius Asinius Pollio was a prominent Roman orator, poet, historian, and statesman of the late Republic, known for founding the first public library in Rome and for his close association with Julius Caesar and Augustus.
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A.
Vespasius Pollio
Vespasius Pollio was a member of the Vespasii family of the early Roman Empire, known primarily as a relative of Vespasia Polla and thus connected to the lineage of Emperor Vespasian.
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B.
Trebellius Pollio
Trebellius Pollio is a possibly fictitious Roman historian traditionally credited as one of the supposed authors of the late antique biographical collection known as the Historia Augusta.
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C.
Gaius Caecilius
Gaius Caecilius, better known as Pliny the Younger, was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate whose letters provide a key eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and valuable insight into Roman imperial society.
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D.
Johannes Marcus Marci
Johannes Marcus Marci was a 17th-century Bohemian physician, scientist, and rector of Charles University in Prague, known for his work in optics and medicine.
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E.
Cornelii Balbi
Cornelii Balbi were a prominent branch of the ancient Roman Cornelii family, known for producing influential political and military figures during the late Republic and early Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.