Antiochus III retreated to Asia Minor
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Antiochus III retreated to Asia Minor after his defeat by Roman forces in the Battle of Thermopylae in 191 BC, marking a major setback in his ambitions to expand the Seleucid Empire into Greece.
All labels observed (1)
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| Antiochus III retreated to Asia Minor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14698501 — 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: Antiochus III retreated to Asia Minor Context triple: [Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC), outcome, Antiochus III retreated to Asia Minor]
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A.
Seleucid invasion of Cyprus
The Seleucid invasion of Cyprus was a military campaign during the Hellenistic era in which the Seleucid Empire sought to wrest control of strategically vital Cyprus from Ptolemaic Egypt.
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B.
Seleucid invasion of Egypt
The Seleucid invasion of Egypt was a major military campaign in 170–168 BCE during which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes sought to conquer Ptolemaic Egypt, triggering a crisis that drew in the Roman Republic and reshaped the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean.
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C.
Capture of Artaxata
The Capture of Artaxata was a key Roman military operation during the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 in which Roman forces seized the Armenian capital, asserting imperial influence in the region.
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D.
Parthian occupation of Syria
The Parthian occupation of Syria was a temporary conquest of the Roman province by the Parthian Empire during the late 2nd century BC and early 1st century AD, which disrupted Roman control and prompted major military responses.
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E.
Battle of Antioch (145 BCE)
The Battle of Antioch (145 BCE) was a decisive Hellenistic-era clash near the Seleucid capital that helped determine control of the Seleucid Empire during the later stages of the Syrian 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: Antiochus III retreated to Asia Minor Target entity description: Antiochus III retreated to Asia Minor after his defeat by Roman forces in the Battle of Thermopylae in 191 BC, marking a major setback in his ambitions to expand the Seleucid Empire into Greece.
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A.
Seleucid invasion of Cyprus
The Seleucid invasion of Cyprus was a military campaign during the Hellenistic era in which the Seleucid Empire sought to wrest control of strategically vital Cyprus from Ptolemaic Egypt.
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B.
Seleucid invasion of Egypt
The Seleucid invasion of Egypt was a major military campaign in 170–168 BCE during which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes sought to conquer Ptolemaic Egypt, triggering a crisis that drew in the Roman Republic and reshaped the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean.
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C.
Capture of Artaxata
The Capture of Artaxata was a key Roman military operation during the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 in which Roman forces seized the Armenian capital, asserting imperial influence in the region.
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D.
Parthian occupation of Syria
The Parthian occupation of Syria was a temporary conquest of the Roman province by the Parthian Empire during the late 2nd century BC and early 1st century AD, which disrupted Roman control and prompted major military responses.
-
E.
Battle of Antioch (145 BCE)
The Battle of Antioch (145 BCE) was a decisive Hellenistic-era clash near the Seleucid capital that helped determine control of the Seleucid Empire during the later stages of the Syrian Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
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