Siege of Thebes (335 BCE)
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The Siege of Thebes (335 BCE) was Alexander the Great’s brutal assault and destruction of the rebellious Greek city of Thebes, serving as a decisive demonstration of his power early in his campaigns.
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| Siege of Thebes (335 BCE) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15181774 — 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: Siege of Thebes (335 BCE) Context triple: [Wars of Alexander the Great, conflict, Siege of Thebes (335 BCE)]
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Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE)
The Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE) was a pivotal military confrontation in which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes besieged the Ptolemaic capital of Egypt, prompting decisive Roman intervention that effectively ended his campaign and reshaped the balance of power in the Hellenistic world.
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Battle of Amphipolis
The Battle of Amphipolis was a decisive 422 BC clash in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan general Brasidas defeated the Athenians but was killed along with Athenian leader Cleon, paving the way for the Peace of Nicias.
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C.
Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE)
The Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) was a decisive victory by Philip II of Macedon over the Phocians that marked a turning point in Macedonian dominance in central Greece during the Third Sacred War.
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D.
Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE)
The Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE) was a decisive Roman capture of the Greek city of Tarentum that effectively ended major Greek resistance in southern Italy and consolidated Roman dominance over the region.
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E.
Siege of Babylon (331 BC)
The Siege of Babylon (331 BC) was the largely unopposed occupation of the wealthy Persian city of Babylon by Alexander the Great following his decisive victory over Darius III, marking a key step in the Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid 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: Siege of Thebes (335 BCE) Target entity description: The Siege of Thebes (335 BCE) was Alexander the Great’s brutal assault and destruction of the rebellious Greek city of Thebes, serving as a decisive demonstration of his power early in his campaigns.
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A.
Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE)
The Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE) was a pivotal military confrontation in which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes besieged the Ptolemaic capital of Egypt, prompting decisive Roman intervention that effectively ended his campaign and reshaped the balance of power in the Hellenistic world.
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B.
Battle of Amphipolis
The Battle of Amphipolis was a decisive 422 BC clash in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan general Brasidas defeated the Athenians but was killed along with Athenian leader Cleon, paving the way for the Peace of Nicias.
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C.
Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE)
The Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) was a decisive victory by Philip II of Macedon over the Phocians that marked a turning point in Macedonian dominance in central Greece during the Third Sacred War.
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D.
Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE)
The Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE) was a decisive Roman capture of the Greek city of Tarentum that effectively ended major Greek resistance in southern Italy and consolidated Roman dominance over the region.
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E.
Siege of Babylon (331 BC)
The Siege of Babylon (331 BC) was the largely unopposed occupation of the wealthy Persian city of Babylon by Alexander the Great following his decisive victory over Darius III, marking a key step in the Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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