Modestinus
E151161
Modestinus was a prominent Roman jurist of the 3rd century whose legal opinions were highly influential and later incorporated into Justinian’s Digest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Modestinus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1334083 — 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: Modestinus Context triple: [Digest, includesWorkOf, Modestinus]
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A.
Sabbatius
Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
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B.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
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C.
Caelestius
Caelestius was a 5th-century Christian theologian and associate of Pelagius, known for advocating Pelagian doctrines that were later condemned as heretical by the early Church.
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D.
Sabellius
Sabellius was a 3rd-century Christian theologian best known for teaching a non-trinitarian, modalistic understanding of God that was later deemed heretical by the early Church.
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E.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
- 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: Modestinus Target entity description: Modestinus was a prominent Roman jurist of the 3rd century whose legal opinions were highly influential and later incorporated into Justinian’s Digest.
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A.
Sabbatius
Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
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B.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
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C.
Caelestius
Caelestius was a 5th-century Christian theologian and associate of Pelagius, known for advocating Pelagian doctrines that were later condemned as heretical by the early Church.
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D.
Sabellius
Sabellius was a 3rd-century Christian theologian best known for teaching a non-trinitarian, modalistic understanding of God that was later deemed heretical by the early Church.
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E.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman jurist
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jurist ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| activeIn | Roman Empire in the 3rd century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| era | Classical Roman law ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | Roman law ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
commentaries
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legal treatises ⓘ responsa ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | prominent classical jurist ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine law
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civil law tradition ⓘ later Roman law ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| legalAuthorityStatus | one of the authoritative jurists cited in later Roman law ⓘ |
| nameInLatin | Modestinus self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork | legal opinions ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
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legal writer ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman legal tradition ⓘ |
| sourceOfLawFor |
Corpus Juris Civilis
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surface form:
Justinianic compilations
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| workIncorporatedIn |
Digest of Justinian
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surface form:
Justinian's Digest
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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: Modestinus Description of subject: Modestinus was a prominent Roman jurist of the 3rd century whose legal opinions were highly influential and later incorporated into Justinian’s Digest.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.