Emperor Titus
E171703
Emperor Titus was a 1st-century Roman emperor of the Flavian dynasty, best known for completing the Colosseum and for his military victories, including the siege of Jerusalem.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emperor Titus canonical | 11 |
| Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus | 1 |
| Titus (emperor) | 1 |
| Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus | 1 |
| Titus Flavius Petro | 1 |
| Titus Flavius Vespasianus | 1 |
| deified emperor Titus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1252419 — 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: Emperor Titus Context triple: [Arch of Titus, dedicatedTo, Emperor Titus]
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A.
Domitian
Domitian was a Roman emperor of the Flavian dynasty who ruled from 81 to 96 AD and is known for his authoritarian reign, extensive building projects in Rome, and eventual assassination.
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B.
Vespasian
Vespasian was a 1st-century Roman emperor best known for restoring stability after Nero’s reign and initiating major building projects such as the Colosseum.
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C.
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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D.
Vitellius
Vitellius was a short-lived Roman emperor in 69 AD, the tumultuous "Year of the Four Emperors," known for his downfall amid civil war and succession by Vespasian.
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E.
Claudius Pompeianus
Claudius Pompeianus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and senator, son-in-law of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who played a key military role during the Marcomannic Wars.
- 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: Emperor Titus Target entity description: Emperor Titus was a 1st-century Roman emperor of the Flavian dynasty, best known for completing the Colosseum and for his military victories, including the siege of Jerusalem.
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A.
Domitian
Domitian was a Roman emperor of the Flavian dynasty who ruled from 81 to 96 AD and is known for his authoritarian reign, extensive building projects in Rome, and eventual assassination.
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B.
Vespasian
Vespasian was a 1st-century Roman emperor best known for restoring stability after Nero’s reign and initiating major building projects such as the Colosseum.
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C.
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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D.
Vitellius
Vitellius was a short-lived Roman emperor in 69 AD, the tumultuous "Year of the Four Emperors," known for his downfall amid civil war and succession by Vespasian.
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E.
Claudius Pompeianus
Claudius Pompeianus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and senator, son-in-law of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who played a key military role during the Marcomannic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
human ⓘ member of the Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Arch of Titus ⓘ |
| birthDate | 0039-12-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Roman Empire
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Rome ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mausoleum of Augustus ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness (probable natural causes) ⓘ |
| cognomen |
Vespasian
ⓘ
surface form:
Vespasianus
|
| commanded | Roman forces at the siege of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Arch of Titus
ⓘ
surface form:
Arch of Titus in Rome
|
| conflict |
Jewish–Roman wars
ⓘ
surface form:
First Jewish–Roman War
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 0081-09-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Aquae Cutiliae
ⓘ
Sabine territory ⓘ |
| dynasty | Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
| era | 1st century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| father | Vespasian ⓘ |
| floruit | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| fullName |
Emperor Titus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Titus Flavius Vespasianus
|
| givenName | Titus ⓘ |
| heldConsulships | multiple times ⓘ |
| honorific | Augustus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
completing the Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum)
ⓘ
disaster relief after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE ⓘ disaster relief after the fire of Rome in 80 CE ⓘ generous public games and spectacles ⓘ relatively mild and benevolent rule ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| mother | Domitilla the Elder ⓘ |
| nomen | Flavius ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
capture of Jerusalem in 70 CE
ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
siege of Jerusalem
victory in the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ |
| notableWork | completion of the Colosseum ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Caesar
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Roman emperor ⓘ censor ⓘ consul ⓘ praetorian prefect ⓘ |
| praenomen | Titus ⓘ |
| predecessor | Vespasian ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 0081-09-13 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 0079-06-24 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Domitian
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Domitilla the Younger ⓘ |
| successor | Domitian ⓘ |
| title |
Emperor Titus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Emperor Titus Description of subject: Emperor Titus was a 1st-century Roman emperor of the Flavian dynasty, best known for completing the Colosseum and for his military victories, including the siege of Jerusalem.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus
subject surface form:
Mamucium
this entity surface form:
Titus Flavius Petro
this entity surface form:
Titus (emperor)
subject surface form:
Relief of the Spoils of Jerusalem
subject surface form:
Titus
this entity surface form:
Titus Flavius Vespasianus
subject surface form:
Titus
this entity surface form:
Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus
this entity surface form:
deified emperor Titus