Flavius Valens
E241840
Flavius Valens was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was killed at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flavius Julius Valens | 1 |
| Flavius Valens canonical | 1 |
| Imperator Caesar Flavius Valens Augustus | 1 |
| Roman Emperor Valens (temporarily) | 1 |
| Roman emperor Valens | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2100846 — 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: Flavius Valens Context triple: [Flavius, notableBearer, Flavius Valens]
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A.
Novatian
Novatian was a 3rd-century Roman theologian and antipope known for his rigorous stance on church discipline and his influential Latin theological writings.
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B.
Rufinus of Aquileia
Rufinus of Aquileia was a 4th–5th century Christian theologian, translator, and historian best known for his Latin translations of Greek theological works and his influential writings on early monasticism and church history.
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C.
Victorinus
Victorinus is a masculine given name and surname of Latin origin, historically borne by early Christian saints and Roman figures, and related to the name Victor.
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D.
Flavius Dalmatius (the elder)
Flavius Dalmatius (the elder) was a Roman nobleman of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, best known as a son of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and half-brother of Constantine the Great.
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E.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
- 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: Flavius Valens Target entity description: Flavius Valens was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was killed at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD.
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A.
Novatian
Novatian was a 3rd-century Roman theologian and antipope known for his rigorous stance on church discipline and his influential Latin theological writings.
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B.
Rufinus of Aquileia
Rufinus of Aquileia was a 4th–5th century Christian theologian, translator, and historian best known for his Latin translations of Greek theological works and his influential writings on early monasticism and church history.
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C.
Victorinus
Victorinus is a masculine given name and surname of Latin origin, historically borne by early Christian saints and Roman figures, and related to the name Victor.
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D.
Flavius Dalmatius (the elder)
Flavius Dalmatius (the elder) was a Roman nobleman of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, best known as a son of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and half-brother of Constantine the Great.
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E.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century Roman person
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Byzantine emperor ⓘ Christian ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Valentinian I ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Adrianople
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surface form:
Adrianople (uncertain)
|
| capitalDuringReign |
Constantinople (probable)
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surface form:
Constantinople
|
| causeOfDeath | Battle of Adrianople ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Adrianople
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Gothic War (376–382) ⓘ |
| coRuler |
Gratian
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Valentinian I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 328 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 378-08-09 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Valentinianic dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| familyName | Flavius ⓘ |
| givenName | Valens ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Arian religious policy
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defeat at the Battle of Adrianople ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
campaigns against the Goths in the Balkans
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campaigns in Armenia ⓘ |
| militaryRank | tribunus ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Gothic settlement in Thrace
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Persecution of Nicene Christians ⓘ War against the Sasanian Empire ⓘ division of the Roman Empire between Valentinian I and Valens in 364 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Fritigern
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Goths ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cibalae
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Pannonia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Adrianople ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Augustus
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Roman emperor of the East ⓘ |
| predecessor | Jovian ⓘ |
| regnalName | Valens Augustus ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 378 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 364 ⓘ |
| religion |
Arianism
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surface form:
Arian Christianity
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| ruledTerritory |
Byzantine Empire
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surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Valentinian I ⓘ |
| spouse | Albia Dominica ⓘ |
| successor | Theodosius I ⓘ |
| title |
Flavius Valens
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Imperator Caesar Flavius Valens Augustus
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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: Flavius Valens Description of subject: Flavius Valens was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was killed at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roman Emperor Valens (temporarily)
this entity surface form:
Imperator Caesar Flavius Valens Augustus
this entity surface form:
Roman emperor Valens