Constantine I
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Christian convert
Christian creed
Christian symbol
Roman emperor
Roman empress
Roman imperial dynasty
ancient city
church
ecumenical council
gold coin
imperial edict
Constantine I was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, founding Constantinople and profoundly shaping the religious and political landscape of the later Roman Empire.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Constantine the Great | 114 |
| Constantine I canonical | 17 |
| Emperor Constantine I | 4 |
| Constantine's sole rule of the Roman Empire | 1 |
| Costantino il Grande | 1 |
| Roman emperor Constantine the Great | 1 |
| Saint Constantine the Great | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6419812 — 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: Constantine I Context triple: [Lateran Obelisk, inscribedFor, Constantine I]
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A.
Constantine
Constantine is a historic northeastern Algerian city famed for its dramatic bridges spanning deep gorges and its role as a major cultural and economic center.
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B.
Constantine
Constantine was a common given name in the Russian imperial family, notably borne by Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, a key figure in early 19th-century Russian politics and military affairs.
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C.
Constantine
"Constantine" is a 2005 supernatural action-horror film starring Keanu Reeves as occult detective John Constantine, based on DC Comics' Hellblazer series.
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D.
Constantine
Constantine was the name of Constantine I, a 20th-century King of Greece who reigned during the turbulent periods of the Balkan Wars and World War I.
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Flavius Claudius Constantinus
Flavius Claudius Constantinus, better known as Constantine II, was a 4th-century Roman emperor and son of Constantine the Great who ruled parts of the Western Roman Empire.
- 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: Constantine I Target entity description: Constantine I was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, founding Constantinople and profoundly shaping the religious and political landscape of the later Roman Empire.
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A.
Constantine
Constantine is a historic northeastern Algerian city famed for its dramatic bridges spanning deep gorges and its role as a major cultural and economic center.
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B.
Constantine
"Constantine" is a 2005 supernatural action-horror film starring Keanu Reeves as occult detective John Constantine, based on DC Comics' Hellblazer series.
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C.
Constantine
Constantine was the name of Constantine I, a 20th-century King of Greece who reigned during the turbulent periods of the Balkan Wars and World War I.
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D.
Constantine
Constantine was a common given name in the Russian imperial family, notably borne by Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, a key figure in early 19th-century Russian politics and military affairs.
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E.
Flavius Claudius Constantinus
Flavius Claudius Constantinus, better known as Constantine II, was a 4th-century Roman emperor and son of Constantine the Great who ruled parts of the Western Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian convert
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Christian creed ⓘ Christian symbol ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ Roman empress ⓘ Roman imperial dynasty ⓘ ancient city ⓘ church ⓘ ecumenical council ⓘ gold coin ⓘ imperial edict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Constantine the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chi-Rho symbol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of the Milvian Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 272 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Naissus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Church of the Holy Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalMovedTo | Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| children |
Constans I
NERFINISHED
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Constantine II NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantius II NERFINISHED ⓘ Crispus NERFINISHED ⓘ Helena (daughter of Constantine I) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | Old St. Peter's Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convened | First Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coRulerWith | Licinius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyReform | introduction of the solidus ⓘ |
| date |
28 October 312
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313 ⓘ 325 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 22 May 337 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nicomedia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defeated | Maxentius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Constantinian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| effect | legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| empire | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| father | Constantius Chlorus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Flavius Valerius Constantinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorific | The Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Christianization of the Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| issued | Edict of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs | Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalReforms |
favorable laws for the Christian clergy
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restrictions on pagan practices ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Moesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| mother | Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity
ⓘ
foundation of Constantinople ⓘ |
| orderedExecutionOf |
Crispus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fausta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf | Christian Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced | Nicene Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignedAs | Roman emperor ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 22 May 337 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 25 July 306 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| result | victory of Constantine I over Maxentius ⓘ |
| spouse | Fausta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Constans I
NERFINISHED
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Constantine II NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantius II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Augustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pontifex Maximus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | saint ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Constantine I Description of subject: Constantine I was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, founding Constantinople and profoundly shaping the religious and political landscape of the later Roman Empire.
Referenced by (139)
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Constantius Chlorus
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Emperor Constantine I
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Emperor Constantine I
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine the Great