Lucan’s Pharsalia
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Lucan’s Pharsalia is a 1st-century AD Roman epic poem by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus that dramatically recounts the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pharsalia | 6 |
| Lucan’s Pharsalia canonical | 3 |
| Lucan's Pharsalia | 1 |
| Lucan’s Pharsalia (translation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucan’s Pharsalia Context triple: [Pompey the Great, portrayedInWork, Lucan’s Pharsalia]
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A.
Commentarii de Bello Civili
Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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B.
Virgil's Aeneid
Virgil's Aeneid is a Latin epic poem that narrates the legendary journey of Aeneas from the ruins of Troy to Italy, laying a mythic foundation for the origins of Rome.
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C.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
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D.
In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium
"In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium" is the Latin motto of the Virginia Military Institute, expressing its ideals of honor in peace and steadfast protection in war.
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E.
Vir Heroicus Sublimis
Vir Heroicus Sublimis is a monumental abstract painting by Barnett Newman, celebrated as a key work of Color Field painting and Abstract Expressionism.
- 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: Lucan’s Pharsalia Target entity description: Lucan’s Pharsalia is a 1st-century AD Roman epic poem by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus that dramatically recounts the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great.
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A.
Commentarii de Bello Civili
Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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B.
Virgil's Aeneid
Virgil's Aeneid is a Latin epic poem that narrates the legendary journey of Aeneas from the ruins of Troy to Italy, laying a mythic foundation for the origins of Rome.
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C.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
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D.
In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium
"In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium" is the Latin motto of the Virginia Military Institute, expressing its ideals of honor in peace and steadfast protection in war.
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E.
Vir Heroicus Sublimis
Vir Heroicus Sublimis is a monumental abstract painting by Barnett Newman, celebrated as a key work of Color Field painting and Abstract Expressionism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin epic poem
ⓘ
Roman literature work ⓘ historical epic ⓘ |
| author |
Lucan
ⓘ
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus ⓘ |
| centralEvent |
Battle of Pharsalus
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharsalus
|
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Nero ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Brutus
ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Junius Brutus
Cato the Younger ⓘ Cicero ⓘ Cleopatra VII Philopator ⓘ
linked to:
Cleopatra VII
Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey’s son) ⓘ
linked to:
Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey)
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to:
Pompey the Great
Julius Caesar ⓘ Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis ⓘ
linked to:
Cato the Younger
Pompey the Great ⓘ Sextus Pompeius ⓘ |
| genre |
epic poetry
ⓘ
historical poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christopher Marlowe
ⓘ
Dante Alighieri ⓘ French neoclassical tragedy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Homeric epic tradition
ⓘ
Virgil’s Aeneid ⓘ
linked to:
Virgil's Aeneid
|
| isFragmentary | true ⓘ |
| isUnfinished | true ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter narrative poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neronian literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Caesar’s civil war
ⓘ
Roman civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
absence of divine machinery typical of earlier epics
ⓘ
graphic depictions of violence ⓘ strong rhetorical style ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 10 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| politicalStance |
anti-Caesarian
ⓘ
republican ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Egypt
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 49–45 BC ⓘ |
| title |
Bellum Civile
ⓘ
De Bello Civili ⓘ
linked to:
Commentarii de Bello Civili
Pharsalia ⓘ
linked to:
Lucan’s Pharsalia
|
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