Gaius Scribonius Curio
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Gaius Scribonius Curio was a Roman politician and orator of the late Republic, known for his shift from the senatorial faction to support Julius Caesar during the civil war.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaius Scribonius Curio canonical | 7 |
| Gaius Curio | 2 |
| Gaius Scribonius Curio the Elder | 1 |
| Gnaeus Scribonius Curio (supporter of Julius Caesar, d. 49 BC) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8881136 — 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: Gaius Scribonius Curio Context triple: [Fulvia, spouse, Gaius Scribonius Curio]
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A.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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B.
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus was a Roman senator and general of the early Empire, known for his consulship under Tiberius and his eventual execution for alleged involvement in a conspiracy.
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C.
Gaius Aurelius Cotta
Gaius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman statesman and consul of the 3rd century BC, noted for his role in Roman politics and military affairs.
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D.
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura was a Roman senator and conspirator best known as one of the leading figures in the Catilinarian conspiracy against the late Roman Republic.
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E.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
- 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: Gaius Scribonius Curio Target entity description: Gaius Scribonius Curio was a Roman politician and orator of the late Republic, known for his shift from the senatorial faction to support Julius Caesar during the civil war.
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A.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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B.
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus was a Roman senator and general of the early Empire, known for his consulship under Tiberius and his eventual execution for alleged involvement in a conspiracy.
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C.
Gaius Aurelius Cotta
Gaius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman statesman and consul of the 3rd century BC, noted for his role in Roman politics and military affairs.
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D.
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura was a Roman senator and conspirator best known as one of the leading figures in the Catilinarian conspiracy against the late Roman Republic.
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E.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman consul
ⓘ
ancient Roman politician ⓘ orator ⓘ supporter of Julius Caesar ⓘ tribune of the plebs ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fulvia
ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ Roman civil wars ⓘ |
| commanded | Caesarian forces in Africa ⓘ |
| conflict |
Caesar’s Civil War
ⓘ
linked to:
Caesar’s civil war
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 49 BC ⓘ |
| era | late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| faction |
optimates
ⓘ
populares ⓘ |
| father |
Gaius Scribonius Curio the Elder
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaius Scribonius Curio
|
| gens | Scribonia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating compromise between Caesar and Pompey before siding with Caesar
ⓘ
vetoing Senate decrees hostile to Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| lostBattle |
Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC)
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Bagradas River (49 BC)
|
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| memberOf | Roman Senate ⓘ |
| militaryRank | legate ⓘ |
| notableFor |
oratory
ⓘ
political shift from senatorial faction to Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| occupation |
orator
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opposed |
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
ⓘ
linked to:
Pompey the Great
Roman senatorial faction ⓘ |
| patricianOrPlebeian | plebeian ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Africa ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
initially senatorial faction
ⓘ
later Caesarian faction ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
consul
ⓘ
curule aedile ⓘ tribune of the plebs ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Fulvia ⓘ |
| supported | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfActivity | 1st century BC ⓘ |
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: Gaius Scribonius Curio Description of subject: Gaius Scribonius Curio was a Roman politician and orator of the late Republic, known for his shift from the senatorial faction to support Julius Caesar during the civil war.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gaius Scribonius Curio
linked to: Gaius Scribonius Curio
linked to: Gaius Scribonius Curio
linked to: Gaius Scribonius Curio