Domitilla the Elder
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Domitilla the Elder was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century AD, best known as the wife of Emperor Vespasian and mother of future emperors Titus and Domitian.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Domitilla the Elder canonical | 12 |
| Domitilla the Younger | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T543650 — 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: Domitilla the Elder Context triple: [Vespasian, spouse, Domitilla the Elder]
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A.
Julia Livilla
Julia Livilla was a Roman imperial princess of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, known as the sister of Emperor Caligula and for her involvement in the turbulent politics of the early Roman Empire.
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B.
Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)
Julia Drusilla was the only surviving daughter of the Roman emperor Caligula, briefly designated as his heir before being murdered alongside her parents in 41 CE.
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C.
Milonia Caesonia
Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Roman emperor Caligula, noted by ancient sources for her beauty, influence at court, and violent death alongside her husband in 41 CE.
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D.
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia is a locality or frazione within the municipality of Predappio in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
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E.
Atia Balba Caesonia
Atia Balba Caesonia was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as the mother of the future emperor Augustus and niece of Julius Caesar.
- 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: Domitilla the Elder Target entity description: Domitilla the Elder was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century AD, best known as the wife of Emperor Vespasian and mother of future emperors Titus and Domitian.
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A.
Julia Livilla
Julia Livilla was a Roman imperial princess of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, known as the sister of Emperor Caligula and for her involvement in the turbulent politics of the early Roman Empire.
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B.
Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)
Julia Drusilla was the only surviving daughter of the Roman emperor Caligula, briefly designated as his heir before being murdered alongside her parents in 41 CE.
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C.
Milonia Caesonia
Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Roman emperor Caligula, noted by ancient sources for her beauty, influence at court, and violent death alongside her husband in 41 CE.
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D.
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia is a locality or frazione within the municipality of Predappio in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
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E.
Atia Balba Caesonia
Atia Balba Caesonia was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as the mother of the future emperor Augustus and niece of Julius Caesar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman noblewoman
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member of the Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Flavian dynasty
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Roman imperial family ⓘ |
| childOf |
Domitilla the Elder
self-linksurface differs
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Domitilla the Elder self-linksurface differs ⓘ Domitilla the Elder self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Roman ⓘ |
| era | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| family | Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Italy
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surface form:
Italia
|
| knownFor |
being mother of Emperor Domitian
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being mother of Emperor Titus ⓘ being wife of Emperor Vespasian ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| lifeSpan | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Domitian
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Domitilla the Younger ⓘ Titus ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Roman noblewoman ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Domitian
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Domitilla the Younger ⓘ Titus ⓘ |
| positionInFamily |
mother of Domitian
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mother of Domitilla the Younger ⓘ mother of Titus ⓘ wife of Vespasian ⓘ |
| relative |
Domitian
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Domitilla the Younger ⓘ Titus ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| residence | Rome ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialClass | Roman aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse |
Domitilla the Elder
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Vespasian ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Julio-Claudian dynasty
ⓘ
early Flavian dynasty ⓘ |
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: Domitilla the Elder Description of subject: Domitilla the Elder was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century AD, best known as the wife of Emperor Vespasian and mother of future emperors Titus and Domitian.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Vespasian
subject surface form:
Titus
subject surface form:
Domitian
subject surface form:
Domitilla the Younger
subject surface form:
Titus