Caracalla
E233086
Caracalla was a Roman emperor best known for granting Roman citizenship to most free inhabitants of the empire and for commissioning the grand Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caracalla canonical | 71 |
| Emperor Caracalla | 5 |
| Antoninus Caracalla | 1 |
| emperor Caracalla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900639 — 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: Caracalla Context triple: [Roman emperors, positionHeldBy, Caracalla]
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A.
Commodus
Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
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B.
Carinus
Carinus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd century who ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century and was ultimately defeated by Diocletian.
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C.
Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus was a Roman emperor (reigned 193–211 CE) and founder of the Severan dynasty, known for his military campaigns and strengthening of imperial authority.
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D.
Maximinus Daia
Maximinus Daia was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century, known as one of the Tetrarchs and a fierce persecutor of Christians in the eastern provinces.
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E.
Pertinax
Pertinax was a Roman military commander and short-reigning emperor in 193 AD, known for his role in frontier wars and his brief, reform-minded rule following the assassination of Commodus.
- 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: Caracalla Target entity description: Caracalla was a Roman emperor best known for granting Roman citizenship to most free inhabitants of the empire and for commissioning the grand Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
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A.
Commodus
Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
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B.
Carinus
Carinus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd century who ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century and was ultimately defeated by Diocletian.
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C.
Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus was a Roman emperor (reigned 193–211 CE) and founder of the Severan dynasty, known for his military campaigns and strengthening of imperial authority.
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D.
Maximinus Daia
Maximinus Daia was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century, known as one of the Tetrarchs and a fierce persecutor of Christians in the eastern provinces.
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E.
Pertinax
Pertinax was a Roman military commander and short-reigning emperor in 193 AD, known for his role in frontier wars and his brief, reform-minded rule following the assassination of Commodus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| adoptedName |
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Antoninus Caracalla
ⓘ
linked to:
Caracalla
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Antoninus ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus ⓘ |
| associatedBuilding |
Via Appia (near Baths of Caracalla)
ⓘ
linked to:
Via Appia
|
| birthDate | 188 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Lucius Septimius Bassianus
ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
|
| birthPlace |
Gallia Lugdunensis
ⓘ
Lugdunum ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| commissioned |
Baths of Caracalla
ⓘ
linked to:
Baths of Caracalla, Rome
|
| coRulerWith |
Geta
ⓘ
Septimius Severus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 217 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Roman province of Mesopotamia
ⓘ
near Carrhae ⓘ |
| dynasty | Severan dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
Crisis of the Third Century (prelude)
ⓘ
linked to:
Crisis of the Third Century
|
| father | Septimius Severus ⓘ |
| issuedEdict |
Constitutio Antoniniana
ⓘ
linked to:
Edict of Caracalla
|
| killedBy | Julius Martialis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commissioning the Baths of Caracalla
ⓘ
granting Roman citizenship to most free inhabitants of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| legalReform | extended Roman citizenship to provincials ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Rome ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
campaigns against the Parthians
ⓘ
campaigns in Germania ⓘ |
| mother | Julia Domna ⓘ |
| namedAfter | a Gallic-style hooded cloak called a caracallus ⓘ |
| nickname | Caracalla ⓘ |
| notableAction |
ordered the murder and damnatio memoriae of his brother Geta
ⓘ
linked to:
Murder of Geta
|
| positionHeld |
Pontifex Maximus
ⓘ
linked to:
pontifex maximus
Roman consul ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ |
| predecessor | Septimius Severus ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 217 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 198 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman paganism ⓘ |
| sibling | Geta ⓘ |
| spouse | Fulvia Plautilla ⓘ |
| successor | Macrinus ⓘ |
| title |
Augustus
ⓘ
Imperator ⓘ Pater Patriae ⓘ |
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: Caracalla Description of subject: Caracalla was a Roman emperor best known for granting Roman citizenship to most free inhabitants of the empire and for commissioning the grand Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
Referenced by (78)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Caracalla
linked to: Caracalla
linked to: Caracalla
linked to: Caracalla
subject linked to:
Baths of Caracalla, Rome
subject linked to:
Baths of Caracalla, Rome
subject linked to:
Baths of Caracalla, Rome
linked to: Caracalla
subject linked to:
triumphal arch of Septimius Severus