King of Numidia
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The King of Numidia was the monarch of the ancient North African kingdom of Numidia, a Berber state that played a pivotal role in Mediterranean politics during the Punic and Roman wars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of Numidia canonical | 3 |
| Juba I of Numidia | 2 |
| Numidian royal house | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8424295 — 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: King of Numidia Context triple: [Masinissa, positionHeld, King of Numidia]
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A.
Syphax
Syphax was a Numidian king who played a major role in the Second Punic War, notably opposing Rome alongside Carthage before ultimately being defeated and captured.
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B.
Jugurtha
Jugurtha was a king of Numidia best known for his protracted war against Rome in the late 2nd century BCE, which exposed widespread corruption in the Roman Republic.
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C.
Berber leader Kusaila
Berber leader Kusaila was a 7th-century Amazigh chieftain and military commander known for leading resistance against the early Arab-Islamic expansion in North Africa.
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D.
Teuta
Teuta was a powerful Illyrian queen of the 3rd century BCE known for her naval power and conflicts with the Roman Republic.
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E.
Ptolemy of Mauretania
Ptolemy of Mauretania was a 1st-century AD Berber-Roman client king and the last ruler of the Mauretanian kingdom before its annexation by the 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: King of Numidia Target entity description: The King of Numidia was the monarch of the ancient North African kingdom of Numidia, a Berber state that played a pivotal role in Mediterranean politics during the Punic and Roman wars.
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A.
Syphax
Syphax was a Numidian king who played a major role in the Second Punic War, notably opposing Rome alongside Carthage before ultimately being defeated and captured.
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B.
Jugurtha
Jugurtha was a king of Numidia best known for his protracted war against Rome in the late 2nd century BCE, which exposed widespread corruption in the Roman Republic.
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C.
Berber leader Kusaila
Berber leader Kusaila was a 7th-century Amazigh chieftain and military commander known for leading resistance against the early Arab-Islamic expansion in North Africa.
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D.
Teuta
Teuta was a powerful Illyrian queen of the 3rd century BCE known for her naval power and conflicts with the Roman Republic.
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E.
Ptolemy of Mauretania
Ptolemy of Mauretania was a 1st-century AD Berber-Roman client king and the last ruler of the Mauretanian kingdom before its annexation by the Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monarch
ⓘ
royal title ⓘ |
| appliesToEthnicGroup | Berbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConflict |
Jugurthine War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diplomaticRole |
ally of Carthage
ⓘ
ally of Rome ⓘ |
| endCause | Roman annexation of Numidia ⓘ |
| exercisedPowerOver | Numidian cavalry ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | defunct title ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carthaginian culture
ⓘ
Roman culture ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
Berber languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableHolder |
Gala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gauda NERFINISHED ⓘ Juba I NERFINISHED ⓘ Juba II NERFINISHED ⓘ Jugurtha NERFINISHED ⓘ Masinissa NERFINISHED ⓘ Micipsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Syphax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Numidian kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
head of state
ⓘ
supreme military commander ⓘ |
| region | North Africa ⓘ |
| religionInPeriod | ancient Berber religion ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of North African grain supply
ⓘ
control of cavalry forces in Mediterranean wars ⓘ |
| succession | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| successorState |
Roman province of Africa
ⓘ
Roman province of Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
Punic Wars era
ⓘ
Roman Republic era ⓘ ancient history ⓘ |
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: King of Numidia Description of subject: The King of Numidia was the monarch of the ancient North African kingdom of Numidia, a Berber state that played a pivotal role in Mediterranean politics during the Punic and Roman wars.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Juba I of Numidia
this entity surface form:
Juba I of Numidia