Sextus Pompeius
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Sextus Pompeius was a Roman military leader and the youngest son of Pompey the Great, known for commanding a powerful naval force against the Second Triumvirate during the late Roman Republic.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sextus Pompeius canonical | 12 |
| Sextus Pompey | 8 |
| Sextus Pompeius (Sextus Pompey) | 2 |
| Sextus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900352 — 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.
Target entity: Sextus Pompeius Context triple: [Caesar’s civil war, hasCommander, Sextus Pompeius]
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Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Lucius Cornelius Cinna was a Roman statesman and four-time consul who led the Marian faction in the early 1st century BC and dominated Roman politics after Sulla’s first march on Rome.
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Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and statesman who became dictator, known for his civil war victory, constitutional reforms, and infamous proscriptions.
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D.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
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E.
Lex Pompeia
Lex Pompeia was a Roman law enacted during the Social War that granted certain Italian allies expanded rights and helped pave the way toward broader Roman citizenship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sextus Pompeius Target entity description: Sextus Pompeius was a Roman military leader and the youngest son of Pompey the Great, known for commanding a powerful naval force against the Second Triumvirate during the late Roman Republic.
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A.
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Lucius Cornelius Cinna was a Roman statesman and four-time consul who led the Marian faction in the early 1st century BC and dominated Roman politics after Sulla’s first march on Rome.
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B.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
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C.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and statesman who became dictator, known for his civil war victory, constitutional reforms, and infamous proscriptions.
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D.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
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E.
Lex Pompeia
Lex Pompeia was a Roman law enacted during the Social War that granted certain Italian allies expanded rights and helped pave the way toward broader Roman citizenship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman military leader
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Roman politician ⓘ historical figure ⓘ member of the Roman nobility ⓘ |
| afterDefeat | fled to the East ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations | Sicily ⓘ |
| controlledTerritory |
Corsica
ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 67 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 35 BC ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
ⓘ
Augustus ⓘ
surface form:
Octavian
|
| era | late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| executedBy | Marcus Titius ⓘ |
| executedOnOrdersOf | Mark Antony ⓘ |
| familyName |
Pompey the Great
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surface form:
Pompeius
|
| father | Pompey the Great ⓘ |
| givenName |
Sextus Pompeius
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sextus
|
| hasRelative |
Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey)
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surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger
Mucia Tertia ⓘ Pompeia Magna ⓘ Pompey the Great ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commanding a powerful naval force against the Second Triumvirate
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negotiating the Pact of Misenum ⓘ piratical warfare in the western Mediterranean ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | executed ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Roman navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | naval commander ⓘ |
| mother | Mucia Tertia ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Pompeii ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
blockade of grain supply to Rome
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control of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of the Sicilian fleet ⓘ |
| opponent |
Julius Caesar
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Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ⓘ Mark Antony ⓘ Augustus ⓘ
surface form:
Octavian
|
| participantIn |
Roman civil wars
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conflict with the Second Triumvirate ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rome ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Miletus ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey)
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surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger
Pompeia Magna ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Battle of Naulochus
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surface form:
Battle of Naulochus (36 BC)
Pact of Misenum (39 BC) ⓘ |
| supportedBy | remnants of Pompeian faction ⓘ |
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Subject: Sextus Pompeius Description of subject: Sextus Pompeius was a Roman military leader and the youngest son of Pompey the Great, known for commanding a powerful naval force against the Second Triumvirate during the late Roman Republic.
Referenced by (23)
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