Orosius
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Orosius was a 5th-century Christian historian and theologian, best known for his work "Historiarum Adversus Paganos," which defended Christianity by interpreting Roman and world history through a providential lens.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Orosius canonical | 2 |
| Orosius (Old English translation) | 1 |
| Orosius’s Histories | 1 |
| Paulus Orosius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2112502 — 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: Orosius Context triple: [Fall of the Western Roman Empire, hasPrimarySourceAuthor, Orosius]
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Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus was a 4th-century Roman historian and former soldier whose surviving work, the *Res Gestae*, is a major source for the history of the late Roman Empire.
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Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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Procopius
Procopius was a 6th-century Byzantine historian best known for his detailed accounts of Emperor Justinian I’s reign, including the wars, buildings, and secret history of the empire.
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Zosimus
Zosimus was a Byzantine historian of the early 6th century best known for his pagan-leaning account of the later Roman Empire in his work "New History."
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Marathonius
Marathonius is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Deucalion, the legendary survivor of the great flood.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Orosius Target entity description: Orosius was a 5th-century Christian historian and theologian, best known for his work "Historiarum Adversus Paganos," which defended Christianity by interpreting Roman and world history through a providential lens.
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A.
Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus was a 4th-century Roman historian and former soldier whose surviving work, the *Res Gestae*, is a major source for the history of the late Roman Empire.
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B.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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C.
Procopius
Procopius was a 6th-century Byzantine historian best known for his detailed accounts of Emperor Justinian I’s reign, including the wars, buildings, and secret history of the empire.
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D.
Zosimus
Zosimus was a Byzantine historian of the early 6th century best known for his pagan-leaning account of the later Roman Empire in his work "New History."
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E.
Marathonius
Marathonius is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Deucalion, the legendary survivor of the great flood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian apologist
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Christian historian ⓘ Late Antique historian ⓘ Latin writer ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfBirth | late 4th century ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfDeath | after 418 CE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bethlehem
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Hippo Regius ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 5th century ⓘ |
| chronologicalScopeOfMainWork | from Creation to his own time ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| educatedBy | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| floruit | early 5th century ⓘ |
| fullName |
Orosius
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Paulus Orosius
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| genre |
Christian apologetic history
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universal history ⓘ |
| givenName | Paulus ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Venerable Bede
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surface form:
Bede
Isidore of Seville ⓘ later universal chronicles ⓘ medieval Christian historiography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Augustine of Hippo
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Christian biblical tradition ⓘ Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Latin Church Fathers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Historiarum Adversus Paganos
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surface form:
Historiae adversus paganos
Historiarum Adversus Paganos ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksInMainWork | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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priest ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Hispania (probable)
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surface form:
Hispania
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| purposeOfWork |
defense of Christianity against pagan critics
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to show that disasters were not caused by Christianity ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theologicalView |
Christian interpretation of Roman history
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providence guides history ⓘ |
| titleOfWork |
Historiarum Adversus Paganos
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surface form:
Historiarum Adversus Paganos Libri VII
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| tradition | Western Christianity ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Christian apologetics
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Roman history ⓘ providence in history ⓘ world history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Orosius Description of subject: Orosius was a 5th-century Christian historian and theologian, best known for his work "Historiarum Adversus Paganos," which defended Christianity by interpreting Roman and world history through a providential lens.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.