Augustus

E5360

Roman emperor historical figure statesman

Augustus was the first Roman emperor, who established the Roman Empire and led a period of relative peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.

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All labels observed (31)

Label	Occurrences
Augustus canonical	366
Octavian	58
Emperor Augustus	45
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus	8
Caesar Augustus	7
Roman emperor Augustus	7
Octavian (Augustus)	4
Gaius Octavius Thurinus	3
emperor Augustus	3
Augustus of the Western Roman Empire	2
Gaius Octavius (Octavian/Augustus)	2
Romanorum Imperator Augustus	2
Augustus (Latin imperial title)	1
Augustus (given name)	1
Augustus (imperial title)	1
Augustus Caesar	1
Augustus of the West	1
Augustus, first Roman emperor	1
Divus Augustus	1
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Augustus)	1
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Augustus, in earlier name forms)	1
Gaius Octavian	1
Gaius Octavius (Augustus)	1
Gaius Octavius Thurinus (Augustus)	1
Imperator Augustus	1
Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus	1
Octavian (later Augustus)	1
Octavian Augustus	1
Octavianus	1
Roman Emperor Augustus	1
deified emperor Augustus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T43485 — 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: Augustus
Context triple: [Temple of Dendur, builtBy, Augustus]

A. Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
B. Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
C. Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
D. James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
E. Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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: Augustus
Target entity description: Augustus was the first Roman emperor, who established the Roman Empire and led a period of relative peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.

A. Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
B. Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
C. Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
D. James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
E. Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ statesman ⓘ
adoptedBy	Julius Caesar ⓘ
adoptiveFather	Julius Caesar ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Augustus ⓘ surface form: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus ⓘ surface form: Gaius Octavian Augustus ⓘ surface form: Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus Augustus ⓘ surface form: Octavian
birthName	Augustus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gaius Octavius Thurinus
burialPlace	Mausoleum of Augustus ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Scribonia ⓘ surface form: Julia the Elder
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
dateOfBirth	63 BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath	AD 14 ⓘ
dynasty	Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
era	Classical antiquity ⓘ
father	Gaius Octavius ⓘ
knownFor	being the first Roman emperor ⓘ founding the Roman Empire ⓘ initiating the Pax Romana ⓘ political and administrative reforms ⓘ
languageSpoken	Latin ⓘ
mother	Atia Balba Caesonia ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Actium ⓘ constitutional settlement of 23 BC ⓘ constitutional settlement of 27 BC ⓘ establishment of the Pax Romana ⓘ formation of the Second Triumvirate ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Rome ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Nola ⓘ
positionHeld	Roman emperor ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ pontifex maximus ⓘ princeps senatus ⓘ triumvir ⓘ
predecessor	Roman Republic ⓘ
reignEnd	AD 14 ⓘ
reignStart	27 BC ⓘ
religion	Roman polytheism ⓘ
residence	Palatine Hill ⓘ surface form: Palatine Hill, Rome
spouse	Claudia Pulchra ⓘ Livia Drusilla ⓘ Scribonia ⓘ
stepchild	Tiberius ⓘ surface form: Drusus the Elder Tiberius ⓘ
successor	Tiberius ⓘ