Fausta
E38675
Fausta was a Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Maximian, and the second wife of Constantine the Great, whose controversial execution has long intrigued historians.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fausta canonical | 28 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T285747 — 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: Fausta Context triple: [Constantine the Great, spouse, Fausta]
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A.
Claudia
Claudia is a feminine given name used in various cultures, derived from the ancient Roman family name Claudius.
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B.
Clementina
Clementina is a feminine given name, often considered a variant of Clementine, used in various European and Latin American cultures.
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C.
Pauletta
Pauletta is a feminine given name, typically considered a diminutive or variant of Paula or Pauline.
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D.
Hilda
Hilda is the middle name of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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E.
Timothea
Timothea is a feminine given name derived from the name Timothy, often interpreted to mean "honoring God."
- 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: Fausta Target entity description: Fausta was a Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Maximian, and the second wife of Constantine the Great, whose controversial execution has long intrigued historians.
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A.
Claudia
Claudia is a feminine given name used in various cultures, derived from the ancient Roman family name Claudius.
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B.
Clementina
Clementina is a feminine given name, often considered a variant of Clementine, used in various European and Latin American cultures.
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C.
Pauletta
Pauletta is a feminine given name, typically considered a diminutive or variant of Paula or Pauline.
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D.
Hilda
Hilda is the middle name of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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E.
Timothea
Timothea is a feminine given name derived from the name Timothy, often interpreted to mean "honoring God."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman empress
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Crispus
ⓘ
Helena (mother of Constantine) ⓘ
linked to:
Helena (daughter of Constantine I)
|
| causeOfDeath | possibly execution by suffocation in an overheated bath ⓘ |
| child |
Anastasia (daughter of Constantine I and Fausta)
ⓘ
Constans I ⓘ
linked to:
Constans
Constantine II ⓘ Constantius II ⓘ Helena (daughter of Constantine I and Fausta) ⓘ
linked to:
Helena (daughter of Constantine I)
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 289 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 326 ⓘ |
| deathOrderedBy |
Constantine the Great
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinus Magnus
|
| dynasty | Tetrarchic dynasty ⓘ |
| era | 4th century ⓘ |
| father | Maximian ⓘ |
| floruit | early 4th century ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalInterpretation |
accused of adultery with Crispus in some sources
ⓘ
death possibly linked to palace intrigue ⓘ |
| historicalDebate | reasons for her execution remain uncertain ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 307 ⓘ |
| marriagePlace |
Trier (probable)
ⓘ
linked to:
Trier
|
| mother | Eutropia ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being daughter of Emperor Maximian
ⓘ
being second wife of Constantine the Great ⓘ her controversial execution in 326 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rome ⓘ |
| politicalRole | link between Constantinian and Tetrarchic houses ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | ideal imperial wife and mother on coin types ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | late Roman coinage ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Augusta
ⓘ
Empress of the Romans ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sibling |
Maxentius
ⓘ
Theodora ⓘ |
| spouse |
Constantine I
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinus Magnus
Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinus Magnus
|
| timePeriod |
Constantinian era
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Antiquity
Late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Late Antiquity
|
| title | Nobilissima femina ⓘ |
| titleGrantedBy |
Constantine the Great
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinus Magnus
|
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: Fausta Description of subject: Fausta was a Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Maximian, and the second wife of Constantine the Great, whose controversial execution has long intrigued historians.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Roman emperor Constantine the Great
subject linked to:
Emperor Constantine IV
subject linked to:
appears on Roman imperial coinage as Caesar
subject linked to:
Saint Constantine
subject linked to:
Constantina, daughter of Constantine the Great