Mithridates I Callinicus
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Mithridates I Callinicus was a Hellenistic king of Commagene in the 1st century BC, known for blending Persian and Greek cultural traditions in his realm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mithridates I Callinicus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4633811 — 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: Mithridates I Callinicus Context triple: [Kingdom of Commagene, hasRuler, Mithridates I Callinicus]
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Mithridates I Ktistes
Mithridates I Ktistes was the founder and first king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia in the early Hellenistic period.
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B.
Mithridates V Euergetes
Mithridates V Euergetes was a 2nd-century BC Hellenistic king of Pontus known for his alliance with Rome and for laying the foundations of the kingdom’s later expansion under his son Mithridates VI.
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C.
Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
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D.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator was a powerful 1st-century BCE king of Pontus, famed for his fierce resistance to Roman expansion in the Mithridatic Wars and his legendary experiments with poisons and antidotes.
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E.
Nicomedes I of Bithynia
Nicomedes I of Bithynia was a 3rd-century BC king of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia, noted for his ambitious state-building, dynastic struggles, and close dealings with emerging Roman power.
- 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: Mithridates I Callinicus Target entity description: Mithridates I Callinicus was a Hellenistic king of Commagene in the 1st century BC, known for blending Persian and Greek cultural traditions in his realm.
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A.
Mithridates I Ktistes
Mithridates I Ktistes was the founder and first king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia in the early Hellenistic period.
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B.
Mithridates V Euergetes
Mithridates V Euergetes was a 2nd-century BC Hellenistic king of Pontus known for his alliance with Rome and for laying the foundations of the kingdom’s later expansion under his son Mithridates VI.
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C.
Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
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D.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator was a powerful 1st-century BCE king of Pontus, famed for his fierce resistance to Roman expansion in the Mithridatic Wars and his legendary experiments with poisons and antidotes.
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E.
Nicomedes I of Bithynia
Nicomedes I of Bithynia was a 3rd-century BC king of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia, noted for his ambitious state-building, dynastic struggles, and close dealings with emerging Roman power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic ruler
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King of Commagene ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Seleucid dynasty through marriage ⓘ |
| burialPlace | likely in Commagene ⓘ |
| capital | Samosata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
1st century BC
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2nd century BC ⓘ |
| child | Antiochus I Theos of Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coinage | issued Hellenistic-style royal coins ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Kingdom of Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultSyncretism | combined Greek and Iranian deities in royal ideology ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
Greek
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| dynasty | Orontid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithet | Callinicus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning | nobly victorious ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Iranian ⓘ |
| father | Sames II Theosebes Dikaios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foreignRelations |
Parthian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | Upper Euphrates region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Mithridates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Royal House of Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Greek
ⓘ
local Iranian dialects ⓘ |
| modernTerritory | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | unknown ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Basileus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending Persian and Greek cultural traditions
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establishing a Greco-Iranian royal ideology in Commagene ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Sames II Theosebes Dikaios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 70 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 109 BC ⓘ |
| religion |
Hellenistic ruler cult
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Iranian religious traditions ⓘ |
| spouse | Laodice VII Thea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseDynasticOrigin | Seleucid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Antiochus I Theos of Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleStyle |
Callinicus
NERFINISHED
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Philhellene ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mithridates I Callinicus Description of subject: Mithridates I Callinicus was a Hellenistic king of Commagene in the 1st century BC, known for blending Persian and Greek cultural traditions in his realm.
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