Silanus
E710725
Silanus was a cognomen used by several members of the ancient Roman Julii family, notably borne by politicians and nobles of the late Republic and early Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silanus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8098329 — 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: Silanus Context triple: [Julii family, hasCognomen, Silanus]
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A.
Flaccus
Flaccus is the cognomen of the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, commonly known in English as Horace.
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B.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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C.
Thascius
Thascius is the family name of the early Christian bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage.
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D.
Incilius
Incilius is a genus of true toads native mainly to the Americas, including species such as the Sonoran Desert toad.
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E.
Sabbatius
Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
- 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: Silanus Target entity description: Silanus was a cognomen used by several members of the ancient Roman Julii family, notably borne by politicians and nobles of the late Republic and early Empire.
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A.
Flaccus
Flaccus is the cognomen of the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, commonly known in English as Horace.
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B.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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C.
Thascius
Thascius is the family name of the early Christian bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage.
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D.
Incilius
Incilius is a genus of true toads native mainly to the Americas, including species such as the Sonoran Desert toad.
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E.
Sabbatius
Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Roman cognomen ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Julio-Claudian era elites
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Roman aristocracy
|
| associatedWithGens |
Julii Silani
ⓘ
linked to:
Junii Silani
|
| associatedWithPoliticalRole |
Roman consul
ⓘ
Roman provincial governor ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ |
| associatedWithSocialStatus | patrician family ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Latin literary sources
ⓘ
Roman epigraphy ⓘ |
| category | Ancient Roman cognomina ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus | uncertain ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | masculine name ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearerFamily |
Julii Silani
ⓘ
linked to:
Junii Silani
Junii Silani ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| nameType | cognomen ⓘ |
| onamasticFunction | distinguishes branch of a gens ⓘ |
| partOfRomanNameSystem | tria nomina ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Decimus Junius Silanus (translator of Aratus)
ⓘ
Gaius Junius Silanus (consul 10 CE) ⓘ
linked to:
Gaius Junius Silanus (consul 10 AD)
Gaius Junius Silanus (various) ⓘ
linked to:
Gaius Junius Silanus
Junius Silanus (disambiguation) ⓘ Junius Silanus (proconsul of Asia under Tiberius) ⓘ Lucius Junius Silanus (praetor 48 CE) ⓘ
linked to:
Lucius Junius Silanus
Lucius Junius Silanus (various) ⓘ
linked to:
Lucius Junius Silanus
Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus ⓘ
linked to:
Lucius Junius Silanus
Marcus Junius Silanus (consul 25 CE) ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Junius Silanus
Marcus Junius Silanus (various) ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Junius Silanus
Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Junius Silanus
|
| usedByFamily | gens Julia ⓘ |
| usedByNobles |
early Empire
ⓘ
late Republic ⓘ |
| usedBySocialClass |
Roman nobility
ⓘ
Roman political elite ⓘ |
| usedInCulture |
ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| usedInPeriod |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ early Roman Empire ⓘ late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to:
Late Roman Republic
|
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: Silanus Description of subject: Silanus was a cognomen used by several members of the ancient Roman Julii family, notably borne by politicians and nobles of the late Republic and early Empire.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.