Servius Sulpicius Rufus
E1027864
Servius Sulpicius Rufus was a prominent 1st-century BC Roman jurist, orator, and statesman renowned for his contributions to Roman law and his close association with Cicero.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Servius Sulpicius Rufus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13221678 — 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: Servius Sulpicius Rufus Context triple: [Servius, nameElementOf, Servius Sulpicius Rufus]
-
A.
Publius Sulpicius Rufus
Publius Sulpicius Rufus was a prominent Roman orator and politician of the late Republic, known for his eloquence and his role as tribune of the plebs during the turbulent years preceding Sulla’s dictatorship.
-
B.
Publius Sulpicius Saverrio
Publius Sulpicius Saverrio was a Roman military commander and statesman active during the early Republic, noted for his role in Rome’s wars in Italy.
-
C.
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura was a Roman senator and conspirator best known as one of the leading figures in the Catilinarian conspiracy against the late Roman Republic.
-
D.
Gaius Caecilius Rufus
Gaius Caecilius Rufus was a Roman senator and magistrate who served alongside the historian Velleius Paterculus during his praetorship in the early 1st century AD.
-
E.
Servius Cornelius Cethegus
Servius Cornelius Cethegus was a Roman statesman from the prominent patrician Cornelii family who held high magistracies during the Roman Republic.
- 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: Servius Sulpicius Rufus Target entity description: Servius Sulpicius Rufus was a prominent 1st-century BC Roman jurist, orator, and statesman renowned for his contributions to Roman law and his close association with Cicero.
-
A.
Publius Sulpicius Rufus
Publius Sulpicius Rufus was a prominent Roman orator and politician of the late Republic, known for his eloquence and his role as tribune of the plebs during the turbulent years preceding Sulla’s dictatorship.
-
B.
Publius Sulpicius Saverrio
Publius Sulpicius Saverrio was a Roman military commander and statesman active during the early Republic, noted for his role in Rome’s wars in Italy.
-
C.
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura was a Roman senator and conspirator best known as one of the leading figures in the Catilinarian conspiracy against the late Roman Republic.
-
D.
Gaius Caecilius Rufus
Gaius Caecilius Rufus was a Roman senator and magistrate who served alongside the historian Velleius Paterculus during his praetorship in the early 1st century AD.
-
E.
Servius Cornelius Cethegus
Servius Cornelius Cethegus was a Roman statesman from the prominent patrician Cornelii family who held high magistracies during the Roman Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman jurist
ⓘ
ancient Roman lawyer ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ human ⓘ orator ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Roman law
ⓘ
Roman politics ⓘ forensic oratory ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness during diplomatic mission ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| closeAssociate | Cicero ⓘ |
| cognomen | Rufus ⓘ |
| colleagueInOffice | Marcus Claudius Marcellus ⓘ |
| consulshipYear | 51 BC ⓘ |
| correspondedWith | Cicero ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 106 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 43 BC ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
philosophical schools in Rome
ⓘ
school of rhetoric ⓘ |
| elected | consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| floruit | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| friendOf | Cicero ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | later Roman jurists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
legal opinions cited by later jurists
ⓘ
letters exchanged with Cicero ⓘ systematic treatment of Roman civil law ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| legacy | helped systematize Roman private law ⓘ |
| memberOf | gens Sulpicia ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Cicero's letters
ⓘ
linked to:
Cicero’s letters
Cicero's philosophical works ⓘ
linked to:
Cicero's philosophical dialogues
|
| missionPurpose | embassy to Mark Antony in 43 BC ⓘ |
| name | Servius Sulpicius Rufus ⓘ |
| nomen | Sulpicius ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Roman legal scholarship
ⓘ
contributions to Roman law ⓘ friendship with Cicero ⓘ oratory ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ orator ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| officeContested |
consulship of 51 BC
ⓘ
consulship of 52 BC ⓘ |
| participantIn | late Roman Republic political conflicts ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rome ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Brundisium ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Roman consul
ⓘ
augur ⓘ praetor ⓘ quaestor ⓘ tribune of the plebs ⓘ |
| praenomen | Servius ⓘ |
| sentOnMissionBy | Roman Senate ⓘ |
| socialClass |
Roman aristocracy
ⓘ
Roman senator ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Lucius Licinius Crassus
ⓘ
Marcus Antonius (orator) ⓘ |
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: Servius Sulpicius Rufus Description of subject: Servius Sulpicius Rufus was a prominent 1st-century BC Roman jurist, orator, and statesman renowned for his contributions to Roman law and his close association with Cicero.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.