Historia Romana
E329611
Historia Romana is Cassius Dio’s extensive history of Rome, covering its development from legendary origins through the early third century CE.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Historia Romana canonical | 3 |
| Roman History | 3 |
| Ῥωμαϊκὴ ἱστορία | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3117057 — 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: Historia Romana Context triple: [Cassius Dio, mainWorkLatinTitle, Historia Romana]
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A.
Geschichte des Altertums
Geschichte des Altertums is a multi-volume scholarly history of the ancient world by German historian Eduard Meyer, renowned for its comprehensive and systematic treatment of ancient civilizations.
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B.
Romanitas
Romanitas refers to the cultural, political, and social ideals of “Romanness” that defined Roman identity and civilization across history.
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Appian’s Roman History
Appian’s Roman History is a multi-volume historical work by the ancient Greek historian Appian that chronicles the rise and conflicts of the Roman Republic, including its wars with Carthage and the career of Hannibal.
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D.
Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
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E.
Rromani
Rromani refers to the Roma people, an ethnic group of traditionally itinerant communities with origins in the Indian subcontinent and a widespread presence across Europe and beyond.
- 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: Historia Romana Target entity description: Historia Romana is Cassius Dio’s extensive history of Rome, covering its development from legendary origins through the early third century CE.
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A.
Geschichte des Altertums
Geschichte des Altertums is a multi-volume scholarly history of the ancient world by German historian Eduard Meyer, renowned for its comprehensive and systematic treatment of ancient civilizations.
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B.
Romanitas
Romanitas refers to the cultural, political, and social ideals of “Romanness” that defined Roman identity and civilization across history.
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C.
Appian’s Roman History
Appian’s Roman History is a multi-volume historical work by the ancient Greek historian Appian that chronicles the rise and conflicts of the Roman Republic, including its wars with Carthage and the career of Hannibal.
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D.
Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
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E.
Rromani
Rromani refers to the Roma people, an ethnic group of traditionally itinerant communities with origins in the Indian subcontinent and a widespread presence across Europe and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman historiography
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historical work ⓘ |
| author | Cassius Dio ⓘ |
| circulation | late antiquity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| coversPeriodEnd | early third century CE ⓘ |
| coversPeriodStart | legendary foundation of Rome ⓘ |
| coversReignOf |
Augustus
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Caracalla ⓘ Claudius ⓘ
linked to:
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Commodus ⓘ Domitian ⓘ Hadrian ⓘ Marcus Aurelius ⓘ Nero ⓘ Septimius Severus ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ Trajan ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Roman Senate
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Roman emperors ⓘ civil wars of the late Republic ⓘ |
| genre | history ⓘ |
| historicalPerspective | senatorial viewpoint ⓘ |
| includesEvent |
Battle of Actium
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Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ reign of Septimius Severus ⓘ rise of Augustus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine historiography
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later Roman historians ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| latinTitle | Historia Romana ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed account of the early Principate
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detailed account of the late Republic ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 80 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Ῥωμαϊκὴ ἱστορία
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linked to:
Historia Romana
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| partiallyPreservedAs |
complete books
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epitomes ⓘ fragments ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
Roman constitutional development
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Roman military history ⓘ Roman political history ⓘ reigns of Augustus and his successors ⓘ |
| subject | history of Rome ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early third century CE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Byzantine epitomators
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John Xiphilinus ⓘ Zonaras ⓘ |
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Subject: Historia Romana Description of subject: Historia Romana is Cassius Dio’s extensive history of Rome, covering its development from legendary origins through the early third century CE.
Referenced by (8)
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