imperial war
C2457
concept
Imperial war is a large-scale, often expansionist conflict waged by an empire to acquire, control, or maintain dominance over territories, peoples, or resources beyond its original borders.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| early modern conflict | 22 |
| war of conquest | 12 |
| Roman war | 4 |
| Roman–Parthian War | 3 |
| Anglo-Mysore War | 2 |
| Ottoman–Habsburg war | 2 |
| imperial conquest | 2 |
| Anglo-Burmese War | 1 |
| First Indochina War | 1 |
| First Opium War | 1 |
| Japanese–Korean War | 1 |
| Soviet–Japanese border war | 1 |
| guerra colonial | 1 |
| imperial war canonical | 1 |
| military conflict between Britain and Spain | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: imperial war
Generated description
Imperial war is a large-scale, often expansionist conflict waged by an empire to acquire, control, or maintain dominance over territories, peoples, or resources beyond its original borders.
Instances (55)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Valtellina War | early modern conflict |
| Franco-Spanish conflicts | early modern conflict |
| Welsh uprising of 1282–1283 | war of conquest |
| Roman eastern campaigns under Lucius Verus | Roman–Parthian War |
| Aetolian War | Roman war |