Roman commander Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus
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Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus was a Roman Republican commander and consul during the Second Punic War, known for suffering a major defeat against Hannibal at the Battle of Herdonia in 212 BC.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roman commander Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9956399 — 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: Roman commander Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus Context triple: [Battle of Herdonia (212 BC), opponentCommander, Roman commander Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus]
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Roman commander Marcus Centenius Penula
Marcus Centenius Penula was a Roman military commander of the Second Punic War, known for leading a volunteer force that was decisively defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of the Silarus.
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Servilius Caepio
Servilius Caepio was a Roman nobleman of the late Republic, a member of the influential Servilius Caepio family and part of the broader senatorial aristocracy connected to figures like Cato the Younger.
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Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
Gnaeus Manlius Vulso was a Roman consul and general of the 2nd century BC, best known for leading a successful campaign in Asia Minor that expanded Roman influence in the region.
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Publius Ostorius Scapula
Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
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E.
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.
- 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: Roman commander Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus Target entity description: Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus was a Roman Republican commander and consul during the Second Punic War, known for suffering a major defeat against Hannibal at the Battle of Herdonia in 212 BC.
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A.
Roman commander Marcus Centenius Penula
Marcus Centenius Penula was a Roman military commander of the Second Punic War, known for leading a volunteer force that was decisively defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of the Silarus.
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B.
Servilius Caepio
Servilius Caepio was a Roman nobleman of the late Republic, a member of the influential Servilius Caepio family and part of the broader senatorial aristocracy connected to figures like Cato the Younger.
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C.
Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
Gnaeus Manlius Vulso was a Roman consul and general of the 2nd century BC, best known for leading a successful campaign in Asia Minor that expanded Roman influence in the region.
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D.
Publius Ostorius Scapula
Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Republican commander
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Roman consul ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| allegiance | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Herdonia (212 BC)
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Second Punic War ⓘ |
| consulYear | 212 BC ⓘ |
| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathEvent | Battle of Herdonia (212 BC) ⓘ |
| defeatedAt | Battle of Herdonia (212 BC) ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Hannibal Barca
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linked to:
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
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| era | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| heldOffice | consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Italy ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Roman army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| notableEvent | defeat at the Battle of Herdonia (212 BC) ⓘ |
| notableWork | command at the Battle of Herdonia (212 BC) ⓘ |
| officeHolderOf | Roman consulship ⓘ |
| opponent |
Hannibal Barca
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linked to:
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
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| participatedIn | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| timeInOffice | 3rd 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: Roman commander Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus Description of subject: Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus was a Roman Republican commander and consul during the Second Punic War, known for suffering a major defeat against Hannibal at the Battle of Herdonia in 212 BC.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.