Hannibalianus
E201539
Hannibalianus was a 4th-century Roman nobleman and member of Constantine the Great’s family, briefly elevated with a royal title during the emperor’s eastern campaigns before being executed in the dynastic purges of 337.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hannibalianus canonical | 5 |
| Hannibalianus (king) | 1 |
| Hannibalianus (the elder) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1745169 — 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: Hannibalianus Context triple: [Constantina, spouse, Hannibalianus]
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A.
Hannibal
Hannibal is a historic Mississippi River town in Missouri best known as the boyhood home of Mark Twain and the setting for many of his classic works.
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B.
Hannibal
Hannibal is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris that continues the story of FBI agent Clarice Starling and the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
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C.
Maccus
Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
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D.
Latinus
Latinus is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology, often depicted as a king in Italy associated with the early legends surrounding the founding of Rome.
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E.
Hasdrubal the Boetharch
Hasdrubal the Boetharch was a Carthaginian military and political leader best known for directing Carthage’s final defense against Rome during the Third Punic War.
- 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: Hannibalianus Target entity description: Hannibalianus was a 4th-century Roman nobleman and member of Constantine the Great’s family, briefly elevated with a royal title during the emperor’s eastern campaigns before being executed in the dynastic purges of 337.
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A.
Hannibal
Hannibal is a historic Mississippi River town in Missouri best known as the boyhood home of Mark Twain and the setting for many of his classic works.
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B.
Hannibal
Hannibal is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris that continues the story of FBI agent Clarice Starling and the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
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C.
Maccus
Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
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D.
Latinus
Latinus is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology, often depicted as a king in Italy associated with the early legends surrounding the founding of Rome.
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E.
Hasdrubal the Boetharch
Hasdrubal the Boetharch was a Carthaginian military and political leader best known for directing Carthage’s final defense against Rome during the Third Punic War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century Roman person
ⓘ
Roman nobleman ⓘ member of the Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
Pontus
ⓘ
eastern Roman frontier ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Constantine the Great’s eastern campaigns ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | dynastic purge ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | Roman citizen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | early 4th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 337 ⓘ |
| dynasticContext | succession arrangements of Constantine the Great ⓘ |
| elevatedBy |
Constantine the Great
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantine I
|
| elevationDate | circa 335 ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| familyName | Flavius ⓘ |
| father |
Flavius Dalmatius
ⓘ
linked to:
Flavius Dalmatius (the elder)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNoIssue | true ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Tetrarchic and Constantinian transition ⓘ |
| intendedRole | client king in the East ⓘ |
| killedDuring | massacre of the imperial family in 337 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | executed ⓘ |
| mother | unknown ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| nobleRank | nobilissimus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being granted a royal title by Constantine the Great
ⓘ
execution in the 337 imperial purge ⓘ |
| partOf |
Constantinian imperial household
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinian dynasty
|
| placeOfDeath |
Constantinople
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinople (probable)
|
| positionHeld |
nobilissimus
ⓘ
rex ⓘ |
| relative |
Constantina
ⓘ
Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to:
Constantine I
Dalmatius (Caesar) ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity (probable)
ⓘ
linked to:
Christianity
|
| royalTitle |
king of the Pontic peoples
ⓘ
rex ⓘ |
| sibling | Dalmatius (Caesar) ⓘ |
| spouse |
Constantina
ⓘ
daughter of Constantine the Great ⓘ |
| successor | none ⓘ |
| titleGrantedIn | Constantinople (probable) ⓘ |
| uncle |
Constantine the Great
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantine I
|
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: Hannibalianus Description of subject: Hannibalianus was a 4th-century Roman nobleman and member of Constantine the Great’s family, briefly elevated with a royal title during the emperor’s eastern campaigns before being executed in the dynastic purges of 337.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hannibalianus
linked to: Hannibalianus