Carinus
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Carinus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd century who ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century and was ultimately defeated by Diocletian.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carinus canonical | 17 |
| Emperor Carinus | 3 |
| Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carinus Augustus | 1 |
| Marcus Aurelius Carinus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T587619 — 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: Carinus Context triple: [Diocletian, predecessor, Carinus]
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A.
Pertinax
Pertinax was a Roman military commander and short-reigning emperor in 193 AD, known for his role in frontier wars and his brief, reform-minded rule following the assassination of Commodus.
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B.
Commodus
Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
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C.
Constans
Constans was a 4th-century Roman emperor, son of Constantine the Great, who ruled over parts of the Western Roman Empire until his overthrow and death.
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D.
Galerius
Galerius was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries CE, best known for his role in the Tetrarchy and for intensifying the persecution of Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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E.
Licinius
Licinius was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who ruled the eastern part of the empire and is best known for co-authoring the Edict of Milan, which granted religious tolerance to Christians.
- 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: Carinus Target entity description: Carinus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd century who ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century and was ultimately defeated by Diocletian.
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A.
Pertinax
Pertinax was a Roman military commander and short-reigning emperor in 193 AD, known for his role in frontier wars and his brief, reform-minded rule following the assassination of Commodus.
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B.
Commodus
Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
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C.
Constans
Constans was a 4th-century Roman emperor, son of Constantine the Great, who ruled over parts of the Western Roman Empire until his overthrow and death.
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D.
Galerius
Galerius was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries CE, best known for his role in the Tetrarchy and for intensifying the persecution of Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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E.
Licinius
Licinius was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who ruled the eastern part of the empire and is best known for co-authoring the Edict of Milan, which granted religious tolerance to Christians.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
3rd-century Roman emperor
ⓘ
Roman emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tetrarchic transition ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of the Margus ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| category | Roman usurper and emperor of the 3rd century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman citizen ⓘ |
| coinage | featured on Roman imperial coins ⓘ |
| conflict |
Crisis of the Third Century
ⓘ
Roman civil wars of the 3rd century ⓘ |
| coRuler |
Carus
ⓘ
Numerian ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| deathContext | civil war against Diocletian ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near the Margus River ⓘ |
| deathYear | 285 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Caran dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ |
| father | Carus ⓘ |
| givenName |
Marcus Aurelius Carinus
ⓘ
linked to:
Carinus
|
| governingStyle | accused of extravagance and immorality by ancient authors ⓘ |
| governmentType | Roman imperial monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Late Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Antiquity
|
| historicalReputation | portrayed negatively by later sources ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| militaryRole | commander of Roman legions ⓘ |
| mother | unknown ⓘ |
| notableBattleOutcome | defeated by Diocletian at the Margus ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
defeat and death at the hands of Diocletian
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elevation to Caesar by his father Carus ⓘ proclaimed Augustus in the West ⓘ |
| officeLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| opponent | Diocletian ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Augustus
ⓘ
Caesar ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ |
| predecessor | Carus ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 285 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 283 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman paganism ⓘ |
| ruleCharacterization | short reign ⓘ |
| ruledRegion | Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| sibling | Numerian ⓘ |
| successor | Diocletian ⓘ |
| successorAsWesternEmperor | Diocletian ⓘ |
| title |
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carinus Augustus
ⓘ
linked to:
Carinus
|
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: Carinus Description of subject: Carinus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd century who ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century and was ultimately defeated by Diocletian.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Caran dynasty
subject linked to:
Caran dynasty
linked to: Carinus
linked to: Carinus
linked to: Carinus