Appius Claudius Caecus
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Appius Claudius Caecus was a prominent Roman statesman and censor of the early Republic, best known for initiating the construction of the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia and for his influential political and legal reforms.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Appius Claudius Caecus canonical | 12 |
| Appius | 3 |
| Appius Claudius Caecus (censor) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T310300 — 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: Appius Claudius Caecus Context triple: [Claudius, wasBorneBy, Appius Claudius Caecus]
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Titus
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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Appius Claudius Caecus Target entity description: Appius Claudius Caecus was a prominent Roman statesman and censor of the early Republic, best known for initiating the construction of the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia and for his influential political and legal reforms.
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A.
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius was a powerful Roman general and statesman whose military reforms and unprecedented seven consulships profoundly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
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B.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and statesman who became dictator, known for his civil war victory, constitutional reforms, and infamous proscriptions.
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C.
Titus
Titus is a New Testament pastoral epistle traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living.
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D.
Titus
Titus was a 1st-century Roman general and later emperor best known for his military campaigns in Judea and his role in the events leading to the fall of Jerusalem.
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E.
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman, general, and close friend of Augustus who played a crucial role in the establishment of the Roman Empire through his military victories and administrative reforms.
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Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman censor
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Roman consul ⓘ Roman jurist ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ member of the gens Claudia ⓘ |
| causeOfNickname | blindness in old age ⓘ |
| cognomen | Caecus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | early 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| familyName | Claudius ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Roman law
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Roman politics ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ public works ⓘ |
| givenName |
Appius Claudius Caecus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Appius
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| hasCauseOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
construction of the Aqua Appia
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construction of the Via Appia ⓘ democratic reforms in the Roman Republic ⓘ early codification of Roman law ⓘ legal reforms in the Roman Republic ⓘ oratory against peace with Pyrrhus ⓘ |
| nickname |
Caecus
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surface form:
Caecus (the blind)
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| nobleFamily |
Claudian gens
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surface form:
Claudian family
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| notableWork |
Aqua Appia
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Via Appia ⓘ admission of sons of freedmen into the Senate ⓘ extension of voting rights to landless citizens ⓘ publication of legal formulas (legis actiones) ⓘ reform of Roman legal procedure ⓘ reform of the Roman alphabet ⓘ reform of the tribal organization of Rome ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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jurist ⓘ orator ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | dictatorship of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
censor of the Roman Republic
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consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ curule aedile ⓘ interrex ⓘ praetor of the Roman Republic ⓘ princeps senatus ⓘ quaestor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
censorship of 312 BC
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construction of the first Roman aqueduct ⓘ construction of the first major Roman road ⓘ opposition to peace negotiations with Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ |
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Subject: Appius Claudius Caecus Description of subject: Appius Claudius Caecus was a prominent Roman statesman and censor of the early Republic, best known for initiating the construction of the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia and for his influential political and legal reforms.
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