Battle of the Silarus
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The Battle of the Silarus was a lesser-known engagement of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces defeated a Roman army in southern Italy following his major victory at Cannae.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of the Silarus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1761458 — 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 the Silarus Context triple: [Battle of Cannae, followedBy, Battle of the Silarus]
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A.
Battle of Sanna's Post
The Battle of Sanna's Post was a notable engagement of the Second Boer War in 1900, where Boer forces under Christiaan de Wet ambushed and defeated a British column near Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State.
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B.
Battle of Halani
The Battle of Halani was a decisive 18th-century conflict in Sindh, in present-day Pakistan, that led to the rise of the Talpur dynasty and the end of Kalhora rule in the region.
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C.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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D.
Battle of Summa
The Battle of Summa was a major World War II engagement during the Winter War in which Finnish forces mounted a key defense against the Soviet Red Army along the Mannerheim Line in December 1939–February 1940.
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E.
Battle of the Tenaru
The Battle of the Tenaru was an early World War II clash during the Guadalcanal Campaign in which U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault near Henderson Field, marking a crucial defensive victory in the Pacific Theater.
- 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 the Silarus Target entity description: The Battle of the Silarus was a lesser-known engagement of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces defeated a Roman army in southern Italy following his major victory at Cannae.
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A.
Battle of Sanna's Post
The Battle of Sanna's Post was a notable engagement of the Second Boer War in 1900, where Boer forces under Christiaan de Wet ambushed and defeated a British column near Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State.
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B.
Battle of Halani
The Battle of Halani was a decisive 18th-century conflict in Sindh, in present-day Pakistan, that led to the rise of the Talpur dynasty and the end of Kalhora rule in the region.
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C.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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D.
Battle of Summa
The Battle of Summa was a major World War II engagement during the Winter War in which Finnish forces mounted a key defense against the Soviet Red Army along the Mannerheim Line in December 1939–February 1940.
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E.
Battle of the Tenaru
The Battle of the Tenaru was an early World War II clash during the Guadalcanal Campaign in which U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault near Henderson Field, marking a crucial defensive victory in the Pacific Theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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engagement of the Second Punic War ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Carthaginian forces
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Roman army ⓘ |
| CarthaginianForceType | mixed Carthaginian and allied troops ⓘ |
| combatant |
Carthage
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hannibal Barca
|
| conflict | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| dateApproximate | 216 BC ⓘ |
| followed | Battle of Cannae ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
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| location |
near the Silarus River
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Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
southern Italy
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| notableFor | Hannibal’s continued dominance after Cannae ⓘ |
| opponentCommander | Roman commander Marcus Centenius Penula ⓘ |
| opposingForceType | Roman citizen army ⓘ |
| outcome | destruction of the Roman army ⓘ |
| partOf | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| partOfCampaign | Hannibal’s Italian campaign ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Cannae ⓘ |
| region | Lucania ⓘ |
| result | Carthaginian victory ⓘ |
| strategicEffect | further weakened Roman military strength in southern Italy ⓘ |
| theater | Italian Peninsula ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Battle of the Silarus Description of subject: The Battle of the Silarus was a lesser-known engagement of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces defeated a Roman army in southern Italy following his major victory at Cannae.
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