Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire
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Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire was the senior imperial title held by the chief ruler of the empire’s eastern half during the Tetrarchy and subsequent late Roman imperial period.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire canonical | 3 |
| Augustus of the East | 2 |
| Augustus of the Byzantine Empire | 1 |
| Augustus of the Western Roman Empire | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire Context triple: [Galerius, positionHeld, Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire]
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A.
Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire
Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire was the junior imperial title in the eastern half of the Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy system, designating a subordinate emperor and designated successor to the senior Augustus.
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B.
Philip the Great
Philip the Great is an epithet for Philip IV of Spain, the 17th-century Habsburg monarch who ruled over a vast global empire during Spain’s political and cultural zenith.
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C.
Constantin
Constantin is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in various European cultures and historically associated with figures of political and intellectual significance.
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D.
Justinian I
Justinian I was a 6th-century Byzantine emperor renowned for his ambitious reconquest of former Western Roman territories and his comprehensive codification of Roman law, which became the foundation of much of later European legal tradition.
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E.
Emperor Marcian
Emperor Marcian was a 5th-century Byzantine ruler known for stabilizing the Eastern Roman Empire and shaping Christian doctrine through his support of the Council of Chalcedon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire Target entity description: Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire was the senior imperial title held by the chief ruler of the empire’s eastern half during the Tetrarchy and subsequent late Roman imperial period.
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A.
Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire
Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire was the junior imperial title in the eastern half of the Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy system, designating a subordinate emperor and designated successor to the senior Augustus.
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B.
Philip the Great
Philip the Great is an epithet for Philip IV of Spain, the 17th-century Habsburg monarch who ruled over a vast global empire during Spain’s political and cultural zenith.
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C.
Constantin
Constantin is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in various European cultures and historically associated with figures of political and intellectual significance.
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D.
Justinian I
Justinian I was a 6th-century Byzantine emperor renowned for his ambitious reconquest of former Western Roman territories and his comprehensive codification of Roman law, which became the foundation of much of later European legal tradition.
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E.
Emperor Marcian
Emperor Marcian was a 5th-century Byzantine ruler known for stabilizing the Eastern Roman Empire and shaping Christian doctrine through his support of the Council of Chalcedon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman imperial office
ⓘ
imperial title ⓘ |
| appliesTo | chief ruler of the empire’s eastern half ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Constantinian dynasty
ⓘ
Diocletian's Tetrarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Diocletianic Tetrarchy
late Roman state hierarchy ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | title Augustus ⓘ |
| governsFrom |
Constantinople (probable)
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
surface form:
Nicomedia
|
| hasAttribute |
supreme civil authority in the eastern half of the empire
ⓘ
supreme military authority in the eastern half of the empire ⓘ |
| hasCounterpart |
Western Augustus
ⓘ
surface form:
Augustus of the Western Roman Empire
|
| hasJurisdictionOver | eastern provinces of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasPrivilege |
control of imperial court in the East
ⓘ
issuance of imperial edicts ⓘ |
| hasRank | senior imperial title ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
imperial diadem
ⓘ
purple robes ⓘ |
| heldBy |
Anastasius I
ⓘ
surface form:
Anastasius I Dicorus
Arcadius ⓘ Constantius II ⓘ Diocletian ⓘ Galerius ⓘ Heraclius ⓘ Justinian I ⓘ Leo I ⓘ
surface form:
Leo I the Thracian
Licinius ⓘ Theodosius I ⓘ Theodosius II ⓘ Valens ⓘ Zeno ⓘ |
| higherThan | Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| precedes | Byzantine imperial titles ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Dominate (Roman Empire)
ⓘ
Roman imperial college of tetrarchs ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial college of Roman emperors
Diocletian's Tetrarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Tetrarchy
|
| subordinateOffice | Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ |
| successorTitle |
Basileus
ⓘ
surface form:
Basileus of the Romans
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| timePeriod |
from the establishment of the Tetrarchy in 293 CE
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through the late Roman Empire and into the early Byzantine period ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Tetrarchs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetrarchy
late Roman imperial period ⓘ |
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Subject: Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire Description of subject: Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire was the senior imperial title held by the chief ruler of the empire’s eastern half during the Tetrarchy and subsequent late Roman imperial period.
Referenced by (7)
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