Marcus Cocceius Nerva the Elder

E373457

Roman jurist Roman senator jurist member of the Roman Senate

Marcus Cocceius Nerva the Elder was a prominent Roman senator and jurist of the 1st century AD, known as the father of the future emperor Nerva.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (the Elder)	3
Marcus Cocceius Nerva	2
Nerva	2
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (emperor)	1
Marcus Cocceius Nerva the Elder canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3595241 — 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: Marcus Cocceius Nerva the Elder
Context triple: [Nerva, father, Marcus Cocceius Nerva the Elder]

A. Nerva
Nerva was a Roman emperor (reigning 96–98 AD) whose brief rule initiated the era of the "Five Good Emperors" and marked a transition to more stable, adoptive succession.
B. Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder
Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder was a Roman senator and general of Spanish origin, best known as the father of the emperor Trajan.
C. Titus Aelius Antoninus
Titus Aelius Antoninus was a Roman imperial prince, the son of Emperor Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder, and the father of Empress Faustina the Younger.
D. Antoninus Pius
Antoninus Pius was a Roman emperor of the 2nd century known for his peaceful and prosperous reign, legal reforms, and role in continuing the adoptive succession of the "Five Good Emperors."
E. Helvius Pertinax the Younger
Helvius Pertinax the Younger was the son of the Roman emperor Pertinax, briefly associated with the imperial family during the turbulent Year of the Five Emperors in 193 AD.
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: Marcus Cocceius Nerva the Elder
Target entity description: Marcus Cocceius Nerva the Elder was a prominent Roman senator and jurist of the 1st century AD, known as the father of the future emperor Nerva.

A. Nerva
Nerva was a Roman emperor (reigning 96–98 AD) whose brief rule initiated the era of the "Five Good Emperors" and marked a transition to more stable, adoptive succession.
B. Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder
Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder was a Roman senator and general of Spanish origin, best known as the father of the emperor Trajan.
C. Titus Aelius Antoninus
Titus Aelius Antoninus was a Roman imperial prince, the son of Emperor Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder, and the father of Empress Faustina the Younger.
D. Antoninus Pius
Antoninus Pius was a Roman emperor of the 2nd century known for his peaceful and prosperous reign, legal reforms, and role in continuing the adoptive succession of the "Five Good Emperors."
E. Helvius Pertinax the Younger
Helvius Pertinax the Younger was the son of the Roman emperor Pertinax, briefly associated with the imperial family during the turbulent Year of the Five Emperors in 193 AD.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman jurist ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ jurist ⓘ member of the Roman Senate ⓘ
child	Nerva ⓘ
chronologicalContext	1st century Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
culture	Ancient Roman culture ⓘ
era	1st century AD ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Roman ⓘ
familyName	Cocceius ⓘ
isPartOf	Roman senatorial order ⓘ linked to: Imperial Roman aristocracy
languageSpoken	Latin ⓘ
nobleFamily	Cocceii ⓘ linked to: Cocceius
notableFor	being the father of the Roman emperor Nerva ⓘ
occupation	jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ senator ⓘ
positionHeld	Roman senator ⓘ jurist ⓘ
relative	Nerva ⓘ
residence	Rome ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
socialClass	Roman aristocracy ⓘ Roman senator class ⓘ
sphereOfActivity	Roman law ⓘ Roman politics ⓘ
timePeriod	Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ early Roman Empire ⓘ

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