Macedonian Wars

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ancient war series of wars war

The Macedonian Wars were a series of conflicts in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE in which the Roman Republic fought and ultimately defeated the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedon, leading to Roman dominance in Greece.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Third Macedonian War	12
First Macedonian War	10
Second Macedonian War	10
Macedonian Wars canonical	6
Roman conquest of Greece	3
Roman conquest of Macedon	3
Fourth Macedonian War	2
Roman–Macedonian Wars	2
Macedonian–Greek wars	1
Roman conquest of Epirus	1
Roman–Macedonian conflicts	1
Roman–Macedonian conflicts in the mid-2nd century BC	1
Roman–Macedonian war	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T831641 — 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: Macedonian Wars
Context triple: [Ptolemaic Kingdom, conflict, Macedonian Wars]

A. Pyrrhic War
The Pyrrhic War was an early 3rd-century BCE conflict in which King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought Rome in southern Italy, giving rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory” for costly, ruinous successes.
B. Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.
C. Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was a protracted 5th-century BCE conflict between Athens and Sparta (and their respective allies) that reshaped the balance of power in ancient Greece and ultimately led to the downfall of Athenian dominance.
D. Punic Wars
The Punic Wars were a series of three major conflicts between ancient Rome and Carthage that ultimately led to Roman dominance over the western Mediterranean.
E. Second Sacred War
The Second Sacred War was a 4th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece centered on control of the Delphic sanctuary and its political influence within the Greek world.
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: Macedonian Wars
Target entity description: The Macedonian Wars were a series of conflicts in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE in which the Roman Republic fought and ultimately defeated the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedon, leading to Roman dominance in Greece.

A. Pyrrhic War
The Pyrrhic War was an early 3rd-century BCE conflict in which King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought Rome in southern Italy, giving rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory” for costly, ruinous successes.
B. Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.
C. Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was a protracted 5th-century BCE conflict between Athens and Sparta (and their respective allies) that reshaped the balance of power in ancient Greece and ultimately led to the downfall of Athenian dominance.
D. Punic Wars
The Punic Wars were a series of three major conflicts between ancient Rome and Carthage that ultimately led to Roman dominance over the western Mediterranean.
E. Second Sacred War
The Second Sacred War was a 4th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece centered on control of the Delphic sanctuary and its political influence within the Greek world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient war ⓘ series of wars ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ
conflictBetween	Andriscus ⓘ Macedon ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Macedon Perseus of Macedon ⓘ Philip V of Macedon ⓘ Philip V of Macedon ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
endTime	148 BCE ⓘ 168 BCE ⓘ 197 BCE ⓘ 205 BCE ⓘ 2nd century BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Roman–Seleucid War ⓘ
hasPart	Macedonian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Macedonian War Macedonian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourth Macedonian War Macedonian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Macedonian War Macedonian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Third Macedonian War
location	Adriatic Sea ⓘ surface form: Adriatic Sea region Balkans ⓘ Greece ⓘ Macedon ⓘ Macedon ⓘ Macedon ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Cynoscephalae ⓘ Battle of Pydna (168 BC) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Pydna
partOf	Roman expansion in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
result	Roman dominance in Greece ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ creation of Roman province of Macedonia ⓘ decisive Roman victory ⓘ defeat of Macedon ⓘ dissolution of Macedonian kingdom ⓘ restriction of Macedonian power ⓘ status quo ante bellum ⓘ
significance	marked end of Macedonian monarchy ⓘ paved way for Roman hegemony in the Hellenistic world ⓘ
startTime	150 BCE ⓘ 171 BCE ⓘ 200 BCE ⓘ 214 BCE ⓘ 3rd century BCE ⓘ

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Referenced by (53)

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

Roman–Seleucid War → followedBy → Macedonian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Macedonian conflicts in the mid-2nd century BC

Perseus of Macedon → conflict → Macedonian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Macedonian War

Battle of Pydna (168 BC) → partOf → Macedonian Wars ⓘ