Aurelius (Roman family name)
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Aurelius is a prominent ancient Roman family name (nomen) most famously borne by the emperor Marcus Aurelius and associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aurelius (Roman family name) canonical | 1 |
| Aurelius (classical Latin orthography) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13492727 — 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: Aurelius (Roman family name) Context triple: [Pons Aurelius, namedAfter, Aurelius (Roman family name)]
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A.
Domitii Ahenobarbi family
The Domitii Ahenobarbi family was a prominent ancient Roman noble lineage known for producing influential politicians and military leaders during the Republic and early Empire.
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B.
Anicii
The Anicii were an influential and aristocratic Roman family that produced several high-ranking officials and church leaders in late antiquity.
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C.
Domitii Corbulo family
The Domitii Corbulo family was a prominent Roman aristocratic lineage associated with the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and later connected to the imperial Flavian dynasty through marriage.
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D.
Ulpii family
The Ulpii family was a prominent Roman gens best known for producing the emperor Trajan and other high-ranking officials in the early Roman Empire.
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E.
Livius Drusus family
The Livius Drusus family was a prominent patrician branch of the ancient Roman gens Livia, known for producing influential politicians and reformers during the late 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: Aurelius (Roman family name) Target entity description: Aurelius is a prominent ancient Roman family name (nomen) most famously borne by the emperor Marcus Aurelius and associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire.
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A.
Domitii Ahenobarbi family
The Domitii Ahenobarbi family was a prominent ancient Roman noble lineage known for producing influential politicians and military leaders during the Republic and early Empire.
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B.
Anicii
The Anicii were an influential and aristocratic Roman family that produced several high-ranking officials and church leaders in late antiquity.
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C.
Domitii Corbulo family
The Domitii Corbulo family was a prominent Roman aristocratic lineage associated with the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and later connected to the imperial Flavian dynasty through marriage.
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D.
Ulpii family
The Ulpii family was a prominent Roman gens best known for producing the emperor Trajan and other high-ranking officials in the early Roman Empire.
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E.
Livius Drusus family
The Livius Drusus family was a prominent patrician branch of the ancient Roman gens Livia, known for producing influential politicians and reformers during the late Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman family name
ⓘ
ancient Roman nomen ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
gens Aurelia
ⓘ
linked to:
Aurelia
|
| category |
Ancient Roman nomina
ⓘ
Latin-language surnames ⓘ |
| etymologyDerivedFrom | Latin adjective aureus ⓘ |
| etymologyMeaning | golden ⓘ |
| feminineCounterpartOf | Aurelia ⓘ |
| gender | masculine nomen ⓘ |
| hasCognomenForm |
Aurelianus
ⓘ
linked to:
Aurelian
|
| hasFeminineForm | Aurelia ⓘ |
| hasModernLegacy |
source of modern given name Aurelio
ⓘ
source of modern surname Aurelius ⓘ |
| hasPraenomenExamples |
Gaius Aurelius
ⓘ
Lucius Aurelius ⓘ
linked to:
Gaius Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| nameType | nomen gentilicium ⓘ |
| nomenBelongsTo | plebeian gens ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Aurelius Augustinus (Augustine of Hippo)
ⓘ
linked to:
Augustine of Hippo
Aurelius Cotta ⓘ
linked to:
Lucius Aurelius Cotta
Aurelius Symmachus ⓘ Aurelius Victor ⓘ Lucius Verus (Lucius Aurelius Verus) ⓘ
linked to:
Lucius Verus
Marcus Aurelius ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman naming convention ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Italian peninsula
ⓘ
Roman provinces ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Aurelia
ⓘ
Aurelian ⓘ Aurelianus ⓘ |
| spellingVariant |
Aurelius (classical Latin orthography)
ⓘ
linked to:
Aurelius (Roman family name)
|
| usedAs | family identifier in Roman tria nomina system ⓘ |
| usedBySocialClass | Roman citizens ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Aurelius (Roman family name) Description of subject: Aurelius is a prominent ancient Roman family name (nomen) most famously borne by the emperor Marcus Aurelius and associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Aurelius (Roman family name)
linked to: Aurelius (Roman family name)