Antonius Felix
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Antonius Felix was a 1st-century Roman procurator of Judea under Emperor Claudius, known from the New Testament and historical accounts for his corrupt and oppressive governance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antonius Felix canonical | 2 |
| Antonius Felix was Roman procurator of Judea | 1 |
| Antonius Felix, governor of Judea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8128582 — 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: Antonius Felix Context triple: [Antonius, hasCognomenBearers, Antonius Felix]
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A.
Agrippa II
Agrippa II was the last Herodian king of Judea, a client ruler under the Roman Empire known for his role during the First Jewish–Roman War and his interactions with the apostle Paul.
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B.
Subrius Flavus
Subrius Flavus was a Roman military officer and conspirator known for his role in the Pisonian plot to overthrow Emperor Nero in 65 CE.
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C.
Faenius Rufus
Faenius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman official and praetorian prefect under Emperor Nero who became implicated in the Pisonian conspiracy against the emperor.
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D.
Mucianus
Mucianus was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in securing Vespasian’s rise to power during the turbulent Year of the Four Emperors in 69 CE.
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E.
Rufrius Crispinus
Rufrius Crispinus was a Roman equestrian and Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Claudius, later known chiefly as the first husband of the empress Poppaea Sabina.
- 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: Antonius Felix Target entity description: Antonius Felix was a 1st-century Roman procurator of Judea under Emperor Claudius, known from the New Testament and historical accounts for his corrupt and oppressive governance.
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A.
Agrippa II
Agrippa II was the last Herodian king of Judea, a client ruler under the Roman Empire known for his role during the First Jewish–Roman War and his interactions with the apostle Paul.
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B.
Subrius Flavus
Subrius Flavus was a Roman military officer and conspirator known for his role in the Pisonian plot to overthrow Emperor Nero in 65 CE.
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C.
Faenius Rufus
Faenius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman official and praetorian prefect under Emperor Nero who became implicated in the Pisonian conspiracy against the emperor.
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D.
Mucianus
Mucianus was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in securing Vespasian’s rise to power during the turbulent Year of the Four Emperors in 69 CE.
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E.
Rufrius Crispinus
Rufrius Crispinus was a Roman equestrian and Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Claudius, later known chiefly as the first husband of the empress Poppaea Sabina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1st-century Roman person
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Roman governor ⓘ procurator of Judea ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
accepting bribes
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misrule in Judea ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brother | Marcus Antonius Pallas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterization |
corrupt
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cruel ⓘ licentious ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Josephus
NERFINISHED
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Suetonius NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedTerritory |
Galilee
NERFINISHED
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Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
conflict with the high priest Jonathan
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suppression of Jewish unrest ⓘ |
| knownFor |
appearance in the New Testament
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corrupt governance ⓘ oppressive rule in Judea ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
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Latin ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts 23
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Acts 24 ⓘ Acts of the Apostles ⓘ |
| motive | hoped for a bribe from Paul ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
heard the case of the Apostle Paul
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kept Paul imprisoned in Caesarea ⓘ |
| occupation |
administrator
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politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Procurator of Judea ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ventidius Cumanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Roman province of Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Pallas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Paganism ⓘ |
| residence | Caesarea Maritima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Emperor Claudius
NERFINISHED
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Emperor Nero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatusOrigin | freedman ⓘ |
| spouse | Drusilla of Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Porcius Festus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInOfficeEnd | c. 58 CE ⓘ |
| timeInOfficeStart | c. 52 CE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Antonius Felix Description of subject: Antonius Felix was a 1st-century Roman procurator of Judea under Emperor Claudius, known from the New Testament and historical accounts for his corrupt and oppressive governance.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Antonius Felix was Roman procurator of Judea
this entity surface form:
Antonius Felix, governor of Judea