Battle of Ilerda
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The Battle of Ilerda was a pivotal 49 BC engagement in Julius Caesar’s civil war in which Caesar outmaneuvered Pompeian forces in Hispania, securing control of the Iberian Peninsula with minimal direct fighting.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Ilerda canonical | 2 |
| Ilerda campaign | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900356 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of Ilerda Context triple: [Caesar’s civil war, hasKeyBattle, Battle of Ilerda]
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Battle of La Gudina
The Battle of La Gudina was a 1709 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Franco-Spanish forces decisively defeated a Portuguese army on the Spanish-Portuguese border.
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Battle of Sahagún
The Battle of Sahagún was a cavalry action during the Peninsular War (1808) in which British light dragoons decisively defeated French cavalry near the town of Sahagún in Spain.
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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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Battle of Vélez-Málaga
The Battle of Vélez-Málaga was a major 1704 naval engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and a French fleet off the coast of southern Spain.
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E.
Battle of Ibarra
The Battle of Ibarra was a decisive 1823 military engagement in present-day Ecuador in which independence forces led by Simón Bolívar defeated royalist troops, helping secure the region’s liberation from Spanish rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Ilerda Target entity description: The Battle of Ilerda was a pivotal 49 BC engagement in Julius Caesar’s civil war in which Caesar outmaneuvered Pompeian forces in Hispania, securing control of the Iberian Peninsula with minimal direct fighting.
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A.
Battle of La Gudina
The Battle of La Gudina was a 1709 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Franco-Spanish forces decisively defeated a Portuguese army on the Spanish-Portuguese border.
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B.
Battle of Sahagún
The Battle of Sahagún was a cavalry action during the Peninsular War (1808) in which British light dragoons decisively defeated French cavalry near the town of Sahagún in Spain.
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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 Vélez-Málaga
The Battle of Vélez-Málaga was a major 1704 naval engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and a French fleet off the coast of southern Spain.
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E.
Battle of Ibarra
The Battle of Ibarra was a decisive 1823 military engagement in present-day Ecuador in which independence forces led by Simón Bolívar defeated royalist troops, helping secure the region’s liberation from Spanish rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Ilerda
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surface form:
Ilerda campaign
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| characteristic |
campaign of maneuver and siege
ⓘ
minimal direct fighting ⓘ |
| combatant |
Roman legions loyal to Caesar
ⓘ
Roman legions loyal to Pompey ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| conflict |
Caesar’s civil war
ⓘ
surface form:
Caesar's Civil War
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| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| date | 49 BC ⓘ |
| describedBy | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| describedIn | Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ |
| era | late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| followedBy | Caesar's advance into further Hispania ⓘ |
| geographicalContext |
Ebro basin
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surface form:
Ebro River region
|
| hasParticipant |
Pompey the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Julius Caesar ⓘ Lucius Afranius ⓘ Petreius ⓘ
surface form:
Marcus Petreius
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| hasSide |
Caesarian forces
ⓘ
Pompeian forces ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | consolidated Caesar's power base outside Italy ⓘ |
| involves |
control of supply lines and river crossings
ⓘ
logistical blockade of Pompeian forces ⓘ |
| location |
Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Hispania
Celtiberia ⓘ
surface form:
Hispania Citerior
Ilerda ⓘ near modern Lleida ⓘ |
| militaryTheater |
Caesar's campaign in Hispania
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surface form:
Hispania theater of Caesar's Civil War
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| notableAspect | Caesar outmaneuvered Pompeian commanders rather than relying on pitched battle ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Lucius Afranius
ⓘ
Petreius ⓘ
surface form:
Marcus Petreius
|
| outcome |
Caesar's campaign in Hispania
ⓘ
surface form:
Caesar secured control of the Iberian Peninsula
surrender of Pompeian forces in Hispania ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caesar’s civil war
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surface form:
Caesar's Civil War
Roman civil wars ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Caesar's campaign in Italy
ⓘ
crossing of the Rubicon ⓘ |
| result | Caesarian victory ⓘ |
| resultedIn | capitulation of Afranius and Petreius ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
removed Pompeian armies from Hispania
ⓘ
secured western flank for Caesar ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare |
maneuver warfare
ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Ilerda Description of subject: The Battle of Ilerda was a pivotal 49 BC engagement in Julius Caesar’s civil war in which Caesar outmaneuvered Pompeian forces in Hispania, securing control of the Iberian Peninsula with minimal direct fighting.
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