Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC)
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Gnaeus Octavius was a Roman statesman and general who served as consul in 87 BC during the turbulent years of the late Republic and was killed amid the political violence of the Marian–Sullan conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8259879 — 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: Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC) Context triple: [gens Octavia, notableMember, Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC)]
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Gnaeus Octavius (consul 165 BC)
Gnaeus Octavius was a Roman statesman and general who served as consul in 165 BC and played a significant role in Rome’s mid-2nd century BC politics and military affairs.
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Lucius Octavius (consul 75 BC)
Lucius Octavius was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 75 BC and belonged to the prominent plebeian Octavia family.
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Marcus Octavius (consul 75 BC)
Marcus Octavius was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 75 BC and belonged to the prominent plebeian gens Octavia.
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Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC)
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman senator and staunch optimate who served as consul in 54 BC and was a prominent opponent of Julius Caesar during the late Republic.
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E.
Aulus
Aulus is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently used among men in ancient Rome.
- 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: Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC) Target entity description: Gnaeus Octavius was a Roman statesman and general who served as consul in 87 BC during the turbulent years of the late Republic and was killed amid the political violence of the Marian–Sullan conflict.
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A.
Gnaeus Octavius (consul 165 BC)
Gnaeus Octavius was a Roman statesman and general who served as consul in 165 BC and played a significant role in Rome’s mid-2nd century BC politics and military affairs.
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B.
Lucius Octavius (consul 75 BC)
Lucius Octavius was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 75 BC and belonged to the prominent plebeian Octavia family.
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C.
Marcus Octavius (consul 75 BC)
Marcus Octavius was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 75 BC and belonged to the prominent plebeian gens Octavia.
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D.
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC)
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman senator and staunch optimate who served as consul in 54 BC and was a prominent opponent of Julius Caesar during the late Republic.
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Aulus
Aulus is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently used among men in ancient Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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ancient Roman politician ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman citizen ⓘ |
| conflict |
Marian–Sullan civil wars
NERFINISHED
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civil conflict between Marius and Sulla ⓘ |
| consularColleague | Lucius Cornelius Cinna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consulshipYear | 87 BC ⓘ |
| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| deathCause |
killed in political violence
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murder ⓘ |
| deathDate | 87 BC ⓘ |
| deathEvent | capture of Rome by the forces of Cinna and Marius ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| era | late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
military commander
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politician ⓘ |
| heldMilitaryCommand | forces loyal to the Senate in 87 BC ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Appian
NERFINISHED
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Livy (via epitomes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being killed after the return of Marius to Rome
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defending the senatorial regime against Cinna ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | gens Octavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Octavii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
opposition to Lucius Cornelius Cinna in 87 BC
ⓘ
role in the Marian–Sullan conflict ⓘ |
| officeLocation | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedFaction | populares ⓘ |
| opposedPolitician |
Gaius Marius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lucius Cornelius Cinna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | aristocratic senatorial party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
consul
ⓘ
senator of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| precededByAsConsul | consuls of 88 BC ⓘ |
| succeededByAsConsul | consuls of 86 BC ⓘ |
| supportedFaction | optimates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman civil wars of the 80s BC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC) Description of subject: Gnaeus Octavius was a Roman statesman and general who served as consul in 87 BC during the turbulent years of the late Republic and was killed amid the political violence of the Marian–Sullan conflict.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.