Embassy to Gaius
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Embassy to Gaius is a work by the Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria recounting a Jewish delegation’s appeal to the Roman emperor Caligula (Gaius) over his plan to erect his statue in the Jerusalem Temple.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Embassy to Gaius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Embassy to Gaius Context triple: [On the Embassy to Gaius, alternativeTitle, Embassy to Gaius]
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Fabricius House
Fabricius House is a historic, ornately decorated Baroque townhouse and notable architectural landmark located in the old town of Sopron, Hungary.
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B.
Regio X Palatium
Regio X Palatium was one of the 14 administrative regions of ancient Rome, encompassing the Palatine Hill, the traditional center of imperial palaces and early Roman settlement.
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Domus Publica
Domus Publica was the official house of the chief priest of ancient Rome, located in the Roman Forum and later famously associated with Julius Caesar during his tenure as pontifex maximus.
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D.
Comitium
The Comitium was an important open-air public meeting space in ancient Rome where political assemblies and judicial activities were conducted near the Roman Forum.
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E.
Curia Julia
Curia Julia was the principal meeting house of the Roman Senate in the Forum Romanum, commissioned by Julius Caesar and completed under Augustus.
- 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: Embassy to Gaius Target entity description: Embassy to Gaius is a work by the Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria recounting a Jewish delegation’s appeal to the Roman emperor Caligula (Gaius) over his plan to erect his statue in the Jerusalem Temple.
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A.
Fabricius House
Fabricius House is a historic, ornately decorated Baroque townhouse and notable architectural landmark located in the old town of Sopron, Hungary.
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B.
Regio X Palatium
Regio X Palatium was one of the 14 administrative regions of ancient Rome, encompassing the Palatine Hill, the traditional center of imperial palaces and early Roman settlement.
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C.
Domus Publica
Domus Publica was the official house of the chief priest of ancient Rome, located in the Roman Forum and later famously associated with Julius Caesar during his tenure as pontifex maximus.
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D.
Comitium
The Comitium was an important open-air public meeting space in ancient Rome where political assemblies and judicial activities were conducted near the Roman Forum.
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E.
Curia Julia
Curia Julia was the principal meeting house of the Roman Senate in the Forum Romanum, commissioned by Julius Caesar and completed under Augustus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical narrative
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literary work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
De Legatione ad Gaium
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linked to:
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium)
Legatio ad Gaium ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| author | Philo of Alexandria ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| depicts |
Jewish political vulnerability under Rome
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Roman imperial power ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Caligula’s attempt to place his statue in the Jerusalem Temple
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Jewish embassy to Caligula ⓘ tensions between Jews and Greeks in Alexandria ⓘ |
| genre |
apologetic literature
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philosophical-historical treatise ⓘ |
| hasPart |
account of the journey to Rome
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audience with Gaius Caligula ⓘ description of the Alexandrian crisis ⓘ |
| historicalSourceFor |
Caligula’s policy toward the Jews
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Jewish community in Alexandria ⓘ Roman imperial cult conflicts with Judaism ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jewish and Christian views of Caligula’s persecution of Jews ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Jewish Hellenistic historiography ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Caligula’s plan to erect his statue in the Jerusalem Temple
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Jewish delegation to Caligula ⓘ Jewish–Roman relations in the first century CE ⓘ embassy to the Roman emperor Gaius Caligula ⓘ |
| narrator | Philo of Alexandria ⓘ |
| originalLanguageScript | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
Hellenistic Judaism
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linked to:
Hellenistic Jews
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| placeOfOrigin | Alexandria ⓘ |
| portrays |
Gaius Caligula as a tyrant
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Jews as loyal subjects of Rome ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of Philo’s works ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Against Flaccus
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linked to:
Against Flaccus (In Flaccum)
On the Life of Moses ⓘ
linked to:
Life of Moses
On the Special Laws ⓘ
linked to:
On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus)
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| religiousContext | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousTheme |
defense of Jewish monotheism
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prohibition of images in the Temple ⓘ |
| setting |
Alexandria
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Jerusalem Temple (as intended site of the statue) ⓘ
linked to:
Second Temple in Jerusalem
Rome ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
first century CE
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reign of Gaius Caligula ⓘ |
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Subject: Embassy to Gaius Description of subject: Embassy to Gaius is a work by the Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria recounting a Jewish delegation’s appeal to the Roman emperor Caligula (Gaius) over his plan to erect his statue in the Jerusalem Temple.
Referenced by (1)
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subject linked to:
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium)