Sulla
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Sulla was a Roman general and statesman best known for his dictatorship and constitutional reforms that significantly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sulla canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8915337 — 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: Sulla Context triple: [gens Cornelia, hasCognomen, Sulla]
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A.
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius was a powerful Roman general and statesman whose military reforms and unprecedented seven consulships profoundly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
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B.
Marcus Marius
Marcus Marius was a Roman political or military figure associated with the legacy or nomen of the prominent Marius family in ancient Rome.
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C.
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.
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D.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
Quintus Lutatius Catulus was a prominent late Roman Republic statesman and general, known for his conservative politics, rivalry with Gaius Marius, and role in the Social and civil wars.
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E.
Annibale
Annibale is an Italian masculine given name most famously borne by the Baroque painter Annibale Carracci.
- 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: Sulla Target entity description: Sulla was a Roman general and statesman best known for his dictatorship and constitutional reforms that significantly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
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A.
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius was a powerful Roman general and statesman whose military reforms and unprecedented seven consulships profoundly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
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B.
Marcus Marius
Marcus Marius was a Roman political or military figure associated with the legacy or nomen of the prominent Marius family in ancient Rome.
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C.
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.
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D.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
Quintus Lutatius Catulus was a prominent late Roman Republic statesman and general, known for his conservative politics, rivalry with Gaius Marius, and role in the Social and civil wars.
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E.
Annibale
Annibale is an Italian masculine given name most famously borne by the Baroque painter Annibale Carracci.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman dictator
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Roman general ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ally |
the optimates
ⓘ
linked to:
optimates
|
| birthDate | circa 138 BC ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cognomen | Sulla ⓘ |
| conflict |
Gaius Marius
ⓘ
the Marian faction ⓘ
linked to:
Marian faction
|
| culture | ancient Roman ⓘ |
| deathDate | 78 BC ⓘ |
| era |
late Roman Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Roman Republic
|
| event |
first Roman general to march his legions on Rome
ⓘ
resignation of dictatorship and retirement from public life ⓘ |
| familyName | Cornelius ⓘ |
| fullName |
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
ⓘ
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ⓘ
linked to:
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
|
| givenName | Lucius ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
curtailment of tribunes' legislative powers
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proscriptions to eliminate opponents ⓘ reform of jury composition in courts ⓘ requirement that ex-quaestors enter the Senate automatically ⓘ strengthening of senatorial control over magistracies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
campaigns against Mithridates VI of Pontus
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civil war against the Marian faction ⓘ dictatorship in the late Roman Republic ⓘ marching on Rome with his army ⓘ victory in the Social War ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
expanding the number of senators
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instituting proscriptions against political enemies ⓘ limiting the powers of the tribunes of the plebs ⓘ reorganizing the courts in Rome ⓘ strengthening the Roman Senate ⓘ |
| notableWork | constitutional reforms of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
First Mithridatic War
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Social War ⓘ Sullan civil wars ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Puteoli in Campania ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | aristocratic faction in Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
consul of the Roman Republic
ⓘ
dictator of the Roman Republic ⓘ praetor ⓘ propraetor ⓘ quaestor ⓘ |
| resignedFromPosition | dictator of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sulla Description of subject: Sulla was a Roman general and statesman best known for his dictatorship and constitutional reforms that significantly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sibylline books
subject linked to:
Cornelia Sulla (daughter of Sulla and Caecilia Metella Dalmatica)