First Mithridatic War
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The First Mithridatic War was a conflict from 89–85 BC between the Roman Republic and King Mithridates VI of Pontus, marked by Lucius Cornelius Sulla’s campaigns in Greece and Asia Minor that reasserted Roman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Mithridatic War canonical | 14 |
| Greek theatre of the First Mithridatic War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2100709 — 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: First Mithridatic War Context triple: [Lucius Cornelius Sulla, participatedIn, First Mithridatic War]
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Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War was a major conflict from 73–63 BC in which the Roman Republic decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, greatly expanding Roman power in the eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Jugurthine War
The Jugurthine War was a late 2nd-century BCE conflict between Rome and King Jugurtha of Numidia that exposed deep political corruption in the Roman Republic and helped launch the career of Gaius Marius.
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C.
First Sacred War
The First Sacred War was an early 6th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece in which a coalition of Greek states fought to liberate and secure control of the sacred sanctuary at Delphi from the city of Crisa and its allies.
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D.
Third Servile War
The Third Servile War was a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic (73–71 BCE), led by the gladiator Spartacus and ultimately crushed by Roman forces under Marcus Licinius Crassus.
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E.
Second Syrian War
The Second Syrian War was a Hellenistic-era conflict (c. 260–253 BC) between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire over control of territories in Coele-Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.
- 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: First Mithridatic War Target entity description: The First Mithridatic War was a conflict from 89–85 BC between the Roman Republic and King Mithridates VI of Pontus, marked by Lucius Cornelius Sulla’s campaigns in Greece and Asia Minor that reasserted Roman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.
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A.
Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War was a major conflict from 73–63 BC in which the Roman Republic decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, greatly expanding Roman power in the eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Jugurthine War
The Jugurthine War was a late 2nd-century BCE conflict between Rome and King Jugurtha of Numidia that exposed deep political corruption in the Roman Republic and helped launch the career of Gaius Marius.
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C.
First Sacred War
The First Sacred War was an early 6th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece in which a coalition of Greek states fought to liberate and secure control of the sacred sanctuary at Delphi from the city of Crisa and its allies.
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D.
Third Servile War
The Third Servile War was a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic (73–71 BCE), led by the gladiator Spartacus and ultimately crushed by Roman forces under Marcus Licinius Crassus.
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E.
Second Syrian War
The Second Syrian War was a Hellenistic-era conflict (c. 260–253 BC) between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire over control of territories in Coele-Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: First Mithridatic War Description of subject: The First Mithridatic War was a conflict from 89–85 BC between the Roman Republic and King Mithridates VI of Pontus, marked by Lucius Cornelius Sulla’s campaigns in Greece and Asia Minor that reasserted Roman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Greek theatre of the First Mithridatic War
subject surface form:
Mithridatic Wars