Battle of Zela
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The Battle of Zela was a 47 BC clash in Pontus where Julius Caesar swiftly defeated Pharnaces II, inspiring the famous phrase "Veni, vidi, vici."
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Zela canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13953653 — 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: Battle of Zela Context triple: [Pharnaces II of Pontus, notableEvent, Battle of Zela]
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Battle of Naulochus
The Battle of Naulochus was a decisive 36 BC naval clash off the coast of Sicily in which Octavian’s admiral Agrippa destroyed Sextus Pompey’s fleet, securing control of the western Mediterranean during the Roman civil wars.
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Battle of Dyrrhachium
The Battle of Dyrrhachium was a major 48 BC engagement in Caesar’s Civil War in which Pompey decisively repelled Julius Caesar’s forces near the Adriatic coast of modern Albania.
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Battle of Dyrrhachium
The Battle of Dyrrhachium was a major 1081 clash in the Byzantine–Norman wars in which Norman forces under Robert Guiscard defeated the army of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos near the Adriatic port city of Dyrrhachium (modern Durrës, Albania).
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D.
Battle of Callinicum
The Battle of Callinicum was a major 531 AD clash between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire during the Iberian War, resulting in a costly Byzantine defeat near the Euphrates River.
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Battle of Abrittus
The Battle of Abrittus was a 251 AD clash in which Roman Emperor Decius and his son were killed fighting the Goths, marking a major crisis point for the Roman Empire.
- 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: Battle of Zela Target entity description: The Battle of Zela was a 47 BC clash in Pontus where Julius Caesar swiftly defeated Pharnaces II, inspiring the famous phrase "Veni, vidi, vici."
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A.
Battle of Naulochus
The Battle of Naulochus was a decisive 36 BC naval clash off the coast of Sicily in which Octavian’s admiral Agrippa destroyed Sextus Pompey’s fleet, securing control of the western Mediterranean during the Roman civil wars.
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B.
Battle of Dyrrhachium
The Battle of Dyrrhachium was a major 48 BC engagement in Caesar’s Civil War in which Pompey decisively repelled Julius Caesar’s forces near the Adriatic coast of modern Albania.
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C.
Battle of Dyrrhachium
The Battle of Dyrrhachium was a major 1081 clash in the Byzantine–Norman wars in which Norman forces under Robert Guiscard defeated the army of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos near the Adriatic port city of Dyrrhachium (modern Durrës, Albania).
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D.
Battle of Callinicum
The Battle of Callinicum was a major 531 AD clash between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire during the Iberian War, resulting in a costly Byzantine defeat near the Euphrates River.
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E.
Battle of Abrittus
The Battle of Abrittus was a 251 AD clash in which Roman Emperor Decius and his son were killed fighting the Goths, marking a major crisis point for the Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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