Assassination of Caracalla
E216972
The Assassination of Caracalla was the 217 AD murder of the Roman emperor Caracalla during a campaign in the East, an event that ended his reign and destabilized the Severan dynasty.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Assassination of Caracalla canonical | 1 |
| Killing of Caracalla | 1 |
| Murder of Caracalla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1940096 — 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: Assassination of Caracalla Context triple: [Severan dynasty, notableEvent, Assassination of Caracalla]
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A.
Suicide of Nero
The Suicide of Nero refers to the death by his own hand of the Roman emperor Nero in 68 AD, an event that ended the Julio-Claudian dynasty and plunged the Roman Empire into a brief civil war.
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B.
murder of Claudia Octavia
The murder of Claudia Octavia refers to the alleged killing of Nero’s first wife, a popular Roman empress, in a notorious act that underscored the emperor’s brutality and helped fuel public outrage against his rule.
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C.
Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
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D.
Pisonian conspiracy
The Pisonian conspiracy was a major plot in 65 AD by Roman senators and equestrians to overthrow Emperor Nero and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
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E.
Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre of the Innocents is the biblical episode in which King Herod orders the killing of all young male children in Bethlehem in an attempt to eliminate the infant Jesus.
- 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: Assassination of Caracalla Target entity description: The Assassination of Caracalla was the 217 AD murder of the Roman emperor Caracalla during a campaign in the East, an event that ended his reign and destabilized the Severan dynasty.
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A.
Suicide of Nero
The Suicide of Nero refers to the death by his own hand of the Roman emperor Nero in 68 AD, an event that ended the Julio-Claudian dynasty and plunged the Roman Empire into a brief civil war.
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B.
murder of Claudia Octavia
The murder of Claudia Octavia refers to the alleged killing of Nero’s first wife, a popular Roman empress, in a notorious act that underscored the emperor’s brutality and helped fuel public outrage against his rule.
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C.
Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
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D.
Pisonian conspiracy
The Pisonian conspiracy was a major plot in 65 AD by Roman senators and equestrians to overthrow Emperor Nero and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
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E.
Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre of the Innocents is the biblical episode in which King Herod orders the killing of all young male children in Bethlehem in an attempt to eliminate the infant Jesus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ political killing ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Cassius Dio’s Roman History
ⓘ
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire
|
| follows | Reign of Caracalla ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
short-lived rule of Macrinus
ⓘ
subsequent rise of Elagabalus ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Assassination of Caracalla
ⓘ
surface form:
Killing of Caracalla
Assassination of Caracalla ⓘ
surface form:
Murder of Caracalla
|
| hasCause | conspiracy within the Praetorian Guard ⓘ |
| hasContext | Severan dynasty ⓘ |
| hasDate |
217
ⓘ
8 April 217 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEra |
Crisis of the Third Century
ⓘ
surface form:
Crisis of the Third Century (early phase)
|
| hasHistoricalPeriod | 3rd century ⓘ |
| hasInstigator | Macrinus ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfPrimarySources |
Ancient Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ near Carrhae ⓘ |
| hasMethod | stabbing ⓘ |
| hasMotiveAttributed |
fear of Caracalla by Macrinus
ⓘ
political ambition of Macrinus ⓘ |
| hasParticipant | Praetorian Guard ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator | Julius Martialis ⓘ |
| hasTarget |
Caracalla
ⓘ
Roman emperor ⓘ |
| hasVictim | Caracalla ⓘ |
| isSignificantFor |
transition from Caracalla to Macrinus
ⓘ
weakening of Severan legitimacy ⓘ |
| occurredDuring | Caracalla’s Parthian campaign ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| precedes | Reign of Macrinus ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
accession of Macrinus as Roman emperor
ⓘ
death of Caracalla ⓘ end of Caracalla’s reign ⓘ political instability in the Severan dynasty ⓘ |
| tookPlaceDuringReignOf | Caracalla ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Assassination of Caracalla Description of subject: The Assassination of Caracalla was the 217 AD murder of the Roman emperor Caracalla during a campaign in the East, an event that ended his reign and destabilized the Severan dynasty.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Murder of Caracalla
this entity surface form:
Killing of Caracalla