Romulus
E141172
Romulus is the legendary first king of Rome, famed in Roman mythology as one of the twin brothers raised by a she-wolf who went on to establish the city that became the heart of the Roman civilization.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Romulus canonical | 69 |
| Romulus (as sole ruler after Tatius’ death) | 1 |
| Romulus (as sole ruler of Rome) | 1 |
| Romulus (mythology) | 1 |
| Romulus Quirinus | 1 |
| Romulus secondus | 1 |
| Romulus, legendary founder of Rome | 1 |
| Rómulo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126953 — 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: Romulus Context triple: [Roman Kingdom, founder, Romulus]
-
A.
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius was the legendary second king of Rome, renowned for his wisdom, piety, and for establishing many of Rome’s early religious and legal institutions.
-
B.
Numitor
Numitor is a legendary king of Alba Longa in Roman mythology, best known as the deposed ruler whose grandsons Romulus and Remus ultimately restored his throne.
-
C.
Servius Tullius
Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, traditionally credited with major social and political reforms including the reorganization of Roman society into classes and the expansion of the city’s boundaries.
-
D.
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was the legendary fifth king of Rome, traditionally credited with major urban and religious developments that helped transform the early city-state.
-
E.
Tatius
Tatius is a legendary king of the Sabines in Roman mythology, known for co-ruling Rome with Romulus after the abduction of the Sabine women.
- 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: Romulus Target entity description: Romulus is the legendary first king of Rome, famed in Roman mythology as one of the twin brothers raised by a she-wolf who went on to establish the city that became the heart of the Roman civilization.
-
A.
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius was the legendary second king of Rome, renowned for his wisdom, piety, and for establishing many of Rome’s early religious and legal institutions.
-
B.
Numitor
Numitor is a legendary king of Alba Longa in Roman mythology, best known as the deposed ruler whose grandsons Romulus and Remus ultimately restored his throne.
-
C.
Servius Tullius
Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, traditionally credited with major social and political reforms including the reorganization of Roman society into classes and the expansion of the city’s boundaries.
-
D.
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was the legendary fifth king of Rome, traditionally credited with major urban and religious developments that helped transform the early city-state.
-
E.
Tatius
Tatius is a legendary king of the Sabines in Roman mythology, known for co-ruling Rome with Romulus after the abduction of the Sabine women.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
culture hero
ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| apotheosis | ascended to the gods ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
foundation of Rome
ⓘ
killing of Remus ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Palatine Hill
ⓘ
Tiber River ⓘ
linked to:
Tiber
|
| associatedWith |
Roman foundation myths
ⓘ
Roman kings ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Kingdom
Sabine women ⓘ rape of the Sabine women ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Alba Longa (legendary)
ⓘ
linked to:
Alba Longa
|
| capitalFounded | Rome ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | disappearance in a storm ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman (legendary) ⓘ |
| country | Rome ⓘ |
| culture | Roman mythology ⓘ |
| deifiedAs |
Quirinus
ⓘ
linked to:
Mars Quirinus
|
| describedIn |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ Roman Antiquities
ⓘ
linked to:
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ Plutarch’s Life of Romulus ⓘ
linked to:
Life of Romulus
|
| era | 8th century BC (legendary) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Latins ⓘ |
| father | Mars ⓘ |
| founderOf | Rome ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Numitor ⓘ |
| hasRole | eponymous founder of Rome ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman foundation rituals
ⓘ
Roman identity ⓘ Roman political ideology ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mother | Rhea Silvia ⓘ |
| mythology | Roman mythology ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | possibly from "Roma" ⓘ |
| notableWork | founding of Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Rome
ⓘ
first King of Rome ⓘ |
| raisedBy |
Acca Larentia
ⓘ
Faustulus ⓘ she-wolf ⓘ |
| relative | Amulius ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| sibling | Remus ⓘ |
| spouse | Hersilia ⓘ |
| symbol |
lupa capitolina
ⓘ
linked to:
Lupa Capitolina
wolf ⓘ |
| twin | Remus ⓘ |
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: Romulus Description of subject: Romulus is the legendary first king of Rome, famed in Roman mythology as one of the twin brothers raised by a she-wolf who went on to establish the city that became the heart of the Roman civilization.
Referenced by (76)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
linked to: Romulus
linked to: Romulus
subject linked to:
The Rape of the Sabine Women
subject linked to:
The Rape of the Sabine Women
subject linked to:
Capitoline Wolf sculpture
subject linked to:
Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome)
subject linked to:
Quirinus (through Romulus)
subject linked to:
Quirinus (through Romulus)
linked to: Romulus
linked to: Romulus
linked to: Romulus
subject linked to:
Rape of the Sabine Women (mythological event)