Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus
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Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus was a prominent 2nd-century BC Roman general and statesman best known for decisively defeating King Perseus of Macedon at the Battle of Pydna, which led to the Roman conquest of Macedonia.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14714684 — 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: Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus Context triple: [Aemilius, hasNotableBearers, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus]
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Lucius Aemilius Paullus
Lucius Aemilius Paullus was a Roman consul and general best known for his role in the Second Punic War, particularly his defeat and death at the Battle of Cannae against Hannibal.
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Scipio Aemilianus
Scipio Aemilianus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for leading the final destruction of Carthage and later playing a key role in Roman politics and cultural life in the 2nd century BCE.
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Scipio Africanus Mussabini
Scipio Africanus Mussabini, better known as Sam Mussabini, was a pioneering early 20th-century professional athletics coach famed for training Olympic sprinters, notably featured in the film "Chariots of Fire."
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D.
Paullus
Paullus is a Roman praenomen (personal name) associated with the patrician gens Fabia in ancient Rome.
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Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for defeating Hannibal in the Second Punic War and securing Rome’s dominance in the western Mediterranean.
- 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: Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus Target entity description: Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus was a prominent 2nd-century BC Roman general and statesman best known for decisively defeating King Perseus of Macedon at the Battle of Pydna, which led to the Roman conquest of Macedonia.
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A.
Lucius Aemilius Paullus
Lucius Aemilius Paullus was a Roman consul and general best known for his role in the Second Punic War, particularly his defeat and death at the Battle of Cannae against Hannibal.
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B.
Scipio Aemilianus
Scipio Aemilianus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for leading the final destruction of Carthage and later playing a key role in Roman politics and cultural life in the 2nd century BCE.
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C.
Scipio Africanus Mussabini
Scipio Africanus Mussabini, better known as Sam Mussabini, was a pioneering early 20th-century professional athletics coach famed for training Olympic sprinters, notably featured in the film "Chariots of Fire."
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D.
Paullus
Paullus is a Roman praenomen (personal name) associated with the patrician gens Fabia in ancient Rome.
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E.
Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for defeating Hannibal in the Second Punic War and securing Rome’s dominance in the western Mediterranean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.