Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)
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Roman general
ancient Roman politician
consul of the Roman Republic
member of the Cornelii Scipiones
Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul of 218 BC) was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for his role in the early campaigns of the Second Punic War against Hannibal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC) canonical | 3 |
| Publius Cornelius Scipio (elder brother of Scipio Africanus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8915323 — 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: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC) Context triple: [gens Cornelia, hasMember, Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)]
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A.
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
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B.
Metellus Scipio
Metellus Scipio was a Roman senator and general of the late Republic, known as a leading Optimate commander who opposed Julius Caesar during the civil war and was defeated at the Battle of Thapsus.
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C.
Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus)
Publius Cornelius Scipio was the biological son of the famed Roman general Scipio Africanus and a member of the powerful patrician Cornelii Scipiones family in the Roman Republic.
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D.
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus was a Roman general and statesman best known for his victory over the Seleucid king Antiochus III at the Battle of Magnesia, which earned him his cognomen "Asiaticus."
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E.
Scipio Nasica Serapio
Scipio Nasica Serapio was a prominent Roman statesman and jurist of the 2nd century BC, known for his conservative politics and role in the opposition to the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus.
- 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: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC) Target entity description: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul of 218 BC) was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for his role in the early campaigns of the Second Punic War against Hannibal.
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A.
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
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B.
Metellus Scipio
Metellus Scipio was a Roman senator and general of the late Republic, known as a leading Optimate commander who opposed Julius Caesar during the civil war and was defeated at the Battle of Thapsus.
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C.
Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus)
Publius Cornelius Scipio was the biological son of the famed Roman general Scipio Africanus and a member of the powerful patrician Cornelii Scipiones family in the Roman Republic.
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D.
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus was a Roman general and statesman best known for his victory over the Seleucid king Antiochus III at the Battle of Magnesia, which earned him his cognomen "Asiaticus."
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E.
Scipio Nasica Serapio
Scipio Nasica Serapio was a prominent Roman statesman and jurist of the 2nd century BC, known for his conservative politics and role in the opposition to the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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ancient Roman politician ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ member of the Cornelii Scipiones ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| allegiance | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Cissa
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Battle of Ticinus ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Ticinus
Battle of the Rhône (218 BC) ⓘ |
| brotherOf | Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus ⓘ |
| cognomen | Scipio ⓘ |
| colleagueInOffice | Tiberius Sempronius Longus ⓘ |
| commanded |
Roman forces in Spain
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Roman forces in northern Italy ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| consulshipYear | 218 BC ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathDate | circa 211 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Hispania
ⓘ
linked to:
Hispania (probable)
|
| era | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| familyName | Cornelius ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
ⓘ
linked to:
Scipio Africanus
|
| killedInAction | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| knownFor |
command in Hispania during the Second Punic War
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early resistance to Hannibal in Italy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | gens Cornelia ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
defense of Roman interests in Hispania
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operations against Carthaginian forces in Spain ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Scipiones
ⓘ
linked to:
Cornelii Scipiones
|
| nomen | Cornelius ⓘ |
| notableWork | early campaigns of the Second Punic War ⓘ |
| officeContested | consulship of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| opponent |
Hannibal Barca
ⓘ
linked to:
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ |
| participantIn | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Roman consul
ⓘ
Roman general ⓘ |
| praenomen | Publius ⓘ |
| relative |
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus ⓘ
linked to:
Scipio Africanus
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| roleInConflict |
Roman commander in Spain
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Roman commander in northern Italy ⓘ |
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: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC) Description of subject: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul of 218 BC) was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for his role in the early campaigns of the Second Punic War against Hannibal.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Roman conquest of Spain
→
commander
→
Publius Cornelius Scipio (elder brother of Scipio Africanus)
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linked to: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)
subject linked to:
Cornelii family