Gildo

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Gildo was a late 4th-century Berber Roman general and rebel in North Africa, best known for leading the Gildonic War against the Western Roman Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gildo canonical 2
Gildo as a tyrant 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber ⓘ
Roman general ⓘ
late Roman historical figure ⓘ
rebel ⓘ
activeYears c. 380s–398 ⓘ
allegiance Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Western Roman Empire ⓘ
causeOfRebellion control of African grain supply ⓘ
political conflict between Eastern and Western courts ⓘ
conflict Gildonic War ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
culture Roman ⓘ
deathDate 398 ⓘ
deathPlace Tuscani ⓘ
linked to: Tuscans
defeatedBy Mascezel ⓘ
endOfRebellion defeat in 398 ⓘ
ethnicity Berber ⓘ
family Firmus ⓘ
Mascezel ⓘ
father Nubel ⓘ
governedTerritory Africa ⓘ
Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
historicalSource Claudian ⓘ
Orosius ⓘ
Zosimus ⓘ
knownFor leading the Gildonic War ⓘ
rebellion in North Africa against the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
loyaltyShiftedTo Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
nobleFamily Nubelid dynasty ⓘ
notableWork Gildonic War ⓘ
occupation general ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
opponent Stilicho ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ
positionHeld comes Africae ⓘ
count of Africa ⓘ
rebelledAgainst Honorius ⓘ
Western Roman imperial government ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
Roman Africa ⓘ
linked to: Roman North Africa
religion Christianity ⓘ
sibling Firmus ⓘ
Mascezel ⓘ
timePeriod late 4th century ⓘ
title comes Africae ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claudian → wroteAbout → Gildo ⓘ
De bello Gildonico → portrays → Gildo as a tyrant ⓘ
linked to: Gildo