Metelli family
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The Metelli family was a prominent and influential Roman noble lineage (gens Caecilia) that produced several important magistrates, generals, and consuls during the Roman Republic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Metelli family canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8924744 — 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: Metelli family Context triple: [Aemilia Scaura, associatedWith, Metelli family]
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A.
Castellini family
The Castellini family is an American business family best known for its long-standing involvement in produce distribution and its controlling ownership of Major League Baseball’s Cincinnati Reds.
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B.
Campagnone family
The Campagnone family is a namesake family historically significant enough to have a public common area, Campagnone Common, dedicated in their honor.
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C.
Serbelloni family
The Serbelloni family is an old and influential Italian noble lineage known for its prominence in Milanese aristocratic, political, and cultural life.
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D.
Acciaioli family
The Acciaioli family was a powerful Florentine banking and noble dynasty that rose to prominence in late medieval Greece as rulers of the Duchy of Athens.
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E.
D'Alesandro family
The D'Alesandro family is a prominent American political dynasty from Baltimore, Maryland, best known for producing influential Democratic politicians including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
- 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: Metelli family Target entity description: The Metelli family was a prominent and influential Roman noble lineage (gens Caecilia) that produced several important magistrates, generals, and consuls during the Roman Republic.
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A.
Castellini family
The Castellini family is an American business family best known for its long-standing involvement in produce distribution and its controlling ownership of Major League Baseball’s Cincinnati Reds.
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B.
Campagnone family
The Campagnone family is a namesake family historically significant enough to have a public common area, Campagnone Common, dedicated in their honor.
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C.
Serbelloni family
The Serbelloni family is an old and influential Italian noble lineage known for its prominence in Milanese aristocratic, political, and cultural life.
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D.
Acciaioli family
The Acciaioli family was a powerful Florentine banking and noble dynasty that rose to prominence in late medieval Greece as rulers of the Duchy of Athens.
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E.
D'Alesandro family
The D'Alesandro family is a prominent American political dynasty from Baltimore, Maryland, best known for producing influential Democratic politicians including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman noble family
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ancient Roman family ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Roman campaigns in Dalmatia
NERFINISHED
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Roman conquest of Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman war in Numidia ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | elephant (symbol associated with Metelli) ⓘ |
| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit |
1st century BC
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2nd century BC ⓘ |
| hasCognomen |
Creticus
NERFINISHED
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Dalmaticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Macedonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Numidicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Caecilius Metellus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
Roman consulship
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censorship ⓘ pontificate ⓘ praetorship ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman domestic politics
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Roman foreign policy ⓘ Roman military campaigns ⓘ |
| knownFor |
holding Roman magistracies
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political influence in the Roman Republic ⓘ producing Roman consuls ⓘ producing Roman generals ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | Roman generals ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Lucius Caecilius Metellus
NERFINISHED
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Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Caecilius Metellus NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | gens Caecilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | optimates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman religion ⓘ |
| rival |
Gaius Marius
NERFINISHED
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popularis politicians ⓘ |
| socialClass | Roman nobility ⓘ |
| supported | Lucius Cornelius Sulla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Republic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Metelli family Description of subject: The Metelli family was a prominent and influential Roman noble lineage (gens Caecilia) that produced several important magistrates, generals, and consuls during the Roman Republic.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.