Life of Publicola
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Life of Publicola is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the life and character of the early Roman statesman Publius Valerius Publicola.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life of Publicola canonical | 3 |
| Life of Poplicola | 1 |
| Plutarch, Life of Publicola | 1 |
| The Life of Publicola | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3315723 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life of Publicola Context triple: [Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, hasPart, Life of Publicola]
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Life of Antony
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life of Publicola Target entity description: Life of Publicola is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the life and character of the early Roman statesman Publius Valerius Publicola.
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A.
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus
Considérations sur l’ordre de Cincinnatus is a political pamphlet by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, critiquing the hereditary and aristocratic tendencies of the Society of the Cincinnati in post-Revolutionary America.
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B.
Il rogo della Repubblica
Il rogo della Repubblica is a historical novel by Italian writer Andrea Molesini that explores themes of political upheaval, moral conflict, and the collapse of civic ideals.
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C.
Life of Antony
Life of Antony is a seminal early Christian hagiography that portrays the ascetic life and spiritual struggles of Saint Anthony the Great, helping to popularize monasticism throughout the Christian world.
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D.
God and Caesar
"God and Caesar" is a political and philosophical work by British politician Shirley Williams that explores the relationship between religious faith and public life.
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E.
House of Caesar
The House of Caesar was the ruling imperial dynasty of early Rome, encompassing Julius Caesar, Augustus, and their Julio-Claudian successors who dominated the first century of the Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek biography
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biographical essay ⓘ work in the Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide moral exempla through biography ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Publicola
ⓘ
The Life of Publicola ⓘ
linked to:
Life of Publicola
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| associatedWith |
Greek–Roman parallel biography tradition
ⓘ
Roman history ⓘ |
| author | Plutarch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| depicts | founding period of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| describes |
Roman political institutions
ⓘ
early Roman Republic ⓘ |
| emphasizes | Publicola’s relationship with the Roman populace ⓘ |
| features |
accounts of conflicts with remaining royalists
ⓘ
anecdotes illustrating Publicola’s modesty ⓘ episodes about Publicola’s legislation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
character of Publius Valerius Publicola
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life of Publius Valerius Publicola ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
moral biography ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | idealized statesman ⓘ |
| hasParallelLifeWith | Life of Solon ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
civic leadership
ⓘ
relations between aristocracy and people ⓘ republican virtue ⓘ |
| historicalSetting | late 6th century BCE Rome ⓘ |
| includedIn | manuscript traditions of Plutarch’s Lives ⓘ |
| influenced | later biographical writing on early Roman statesmen ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Greco-Roman historiography
ⓘ
linked to:
Greco-Roman sources
|
| mainSubject | Publius Valerius Publicola ⓘ |
| narrates |
early consular government at Rome
ⓘ
overthrow of the Roman kings ⓘ |
| partOf | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| portrays | Publius Valerius Publicola as a champion of the Roman people ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval Greek manuscripts of Plutarch ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 1st–2nd century CE ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | early modern historians of Rome ⓘ |
| workCollection |
Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
ⓘ
linked to:
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
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| workOf | Plutarch’s moral and political thought ⓘ |
| workSeriesPosition | one of the early Roman lives in Parallel Lives ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Life of Publicola
linked to: Life of Publicola
subject linked to:
Poplicola
linked to: Life of Publicola