Life of Camillus
E346565
Life of Camillus is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, focusing on the Roman general Marcus Furius Camillus and his character and deeds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life of Camillus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3315725 — 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: Life of Camillus Context triple: [Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, hasPart, Life of Camillus]
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A.
Romola
Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
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B.
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus is a political pamphlet by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, critiquing the hereditary and aristocratic tendencies of the Society of the Cincinnati in post-Revolutionary America.
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C.
The Affairs of Cellini
The Affairs of Cellini is a 1934 historical comedy film set in Renaissance Italy, known for its lavish production and for earning Frank Morgan an Academy Award nomination.
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D.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
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E.
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta is a seminal 14th-century Italian lyric poetry collection by Petrarch that helped shape the development of Renaissance humanism and the European sonnet tradition.
- 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: Life of Camillus Target entity description: Life of Camillus is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, focusing on the Roman general Marcus Furius Camillus and his character and deeds.
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A.
Romola
Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
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B.
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus is a political pamphlet by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, critiquing the hereditary and aristocratic tendencies of the Society of the Cincinnati in post-Revolutionary America.
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C.
The Affairs of Cellini
The Affairs of Cellini is a 1934 historical comedy film set in Renaissance Italy, known for its lavish production and for earning Frank Morgan an Academy Award nomination.
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D.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
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E.
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta is a seminal 14th-century Italian lyric poetry collection by Petrarch that helped shape the development of Renaissance humanism and the European sonnet tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek biography
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biographical essay ⓘ work in Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| aimsTo | illustrate moral character through historical narrative ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Middle Platonism
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surface form:
Middle Platonism (Plutarch’s philosophical background)
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| author | Plutarch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| depicts |
Roman Republic
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Roman military history ⓘ Roman politics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
character of Marcus Furius Camillus
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deeds of Marcus Furius Camillus ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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moral biography ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Renaissance humanist views of Roman virtue
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later biographies of Roman generals ⓘ |
| hasReception | studied in classical scholarship ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
exile and recall
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leadership ⓘ patriotism ⓘ relations between Rome and the Gauls ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| historicalFigurePortrayed | Marcus Furius Camillus ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Loeb Classical Library
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surface form:
Loeb Classical Library editions of Plutarch
standard editions of Plutarch's Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| includesEvent |
Sack of Rome by the Gauls
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Siege of Veii ⓘ exile of Camillus ⓘ return of Camillus to Rome ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | moral exemplum ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Early Imperial Greek literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Marcus Furius Camillus ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalWork | yes ⓘ |
| pairedWith |
Life of Lycurgus
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surface form:
Life of Lycurgus (traditionally in some manuscript groupings)
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| partOf | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| portrays | Marcus Furius Camillus as savior of Rome ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 4th century BC Rome ⓘ |
| subjectOf | modern commentaries on Plutarch’s Roman Lives ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 1st–2nd century AD ⓘ |
| tradition | Greco-Roman biography ⓘ |
| usesSourceMaterial |
Roman annalistic traditions
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earlier Roman historians ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Roman lives in Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| workOf |
Plutarch
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surface form:
Plutarch of Chaeronea
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