Cassius Apronianus
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Cassius Apronianus was a Roman senator and provincial governor of the 2nd century, best known as the father of the historian Cassius Dio.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cassius Apronianus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3117072 — 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: Cassius Apronianus Context triple: [Cassius Dio, father, Cassius Apronianus]
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A.
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and leading instigator of the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BC.
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B.
Lucius Cassius Longinus
Lucius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and politician of the early 1st century AD, known for his connections to the imperial family and involvement in Julio-Claudian court politics.
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C.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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D.
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus was a prominent Roman statesman of the late Republic, best known for his influential role in the Senate and his tenure as princeps senatus.
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E.
Lucius Cornelius
Lucius Cornelius was a Roman architect known for designing the Tabularium, the official records office of ancient Rome located on the Capitoline Hill.
- 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: Cassius Apronianus Target entity description: Cassius Apronianus was a Roman senator and provincial governor of the 2nd century, best known as the father of the historian Cassius Dio.
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A.
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and leading instigator of the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BC.
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B.
Lucius Cassius Longinus
Lucius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and politician of the early 1st century AD, known for his connections to the imperial family and involvement in Julio-Claudian court politics.
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C.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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D.
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus was a prominent Roman statesman of the late Republic, best known for his influential role in the Senate and his tenure as princeps senatus.
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E.
Lucius Cornelius
Lucius Cornelius was a Roman architect known for designing the Tabularium, the official records office of ancient Rome located on the Capitoline Hill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman provincial governor
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ancient Roman senator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 2nd century ⓘ |
| child | Cassius Dio ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Ancient Greek
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Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Roman Senate ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of the historian Cassius Dio ⓘ |
| notableWork | administration of Roman provinces ⓘ |
| occupation |
provincial governor
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senator ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Bithynia
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Nicaea ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Roman senator
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governor of Dalmatia ⓘ governor of Lycia et Pamphylia ⓘ proconsul of Cilicia ⓘ provincial governor of Cilicia ⓘ provincial governor of Dalmatia ⓘ provincial governor of Lycia-Pamphylia ⓘ |
| relative | Cassius Dio ⓘ |
| residence |
Bithynia
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Nicaea ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
reign of Commodus
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reign of Marcus Aurelius ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cassius Apronianus Description of subject: Cassius Apronianus was a Roman senator and provincial governor of the 2nd century, best known as the father of the historian Cassius Dio.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.