Capture of Artaxata
E261607
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capture of Artaxata canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2376758 — 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: Capture of Artaxata Context triple: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, notableBattle, Capture of Artaxata]
-
A.
Siege of Babylon Fortress
The Siege of Babylon Fortress was a pivotal early 7th-century engagement in which Rashidun forces captured the Byzantine stronghold near modern Cairo, opening the way for the Muslim conquest and Islamization of Egypt.
-
B.
Siege of Tyre
The Siege of Tyre was Alexander the Great’s famous 332 BC assault on the heavily fortified Phoenician island city, marked by the construction of a massive causeway and resulting in a decisive Macedonian victory that secured control of the eastern Mediterranean.
-
C.
Battle of Opis
The Battle of Opis was a decisive 539 BC engagement in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces defeated the Neo-Babylonian army, leading to the fall of Babylon and the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire.
-
D.
Siege of Bethar
The Siege of Bethar was the climactic Roman assault in 135 CE that crushed the Bar Kokhba Revolt and marked the effective end of large-scale Jewish resistance to Roman rule in Judea.
-
E.
Siege of Samaria
The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Capture of Artaxata Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
Siege of Babylon Fortress
The Siege of Babylon Fortress was a pivotal early 7th-century engagement in which Rashidun forces captured the Byzantine stronghold near modern Cairo, opening the way for the Muslim conquest and Islamization of Egypt.
-
B.
Siege of Tyre
The Siege of Tyre was Alexander the Great’s famous 332 BC assault on the heavily fortified Phoenician island city, marked by the construction of a massive causeway and resulting in a decisive Macedonian victory that secured control of the eastern Mediterranean.
-
C.
Battle of Opis
The Battle of Opis was a decisive 539 BC engagement in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces defeated the Neo-Babylonian army, leading to the fall of Babylon and the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire.
-
D.
Siege of Bethar
The Siege of Bethar was the climactic Roman assault in 135 CE that crushed the Bar Kokhba Revolt and marked the effective end of large-scale Jewish resistance to Roman rule in Judea.
-
E.
Siege of Samaria
The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| aftermath |
consolidation of Roman positions in eastern frontier regions
ⓘ
installation of a Roman-friendly Armenian king ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Kingdom of Armenia
ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ |
| capitalCaptured | Artaxata ⓘ |
| cause | Roman–Parthian rivalry over control of Armenia ⓘ |
| commander |
Marcus Statius Priscus
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaius Statius Priscus
Lucius Verus ⓘ |
| conflict | Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 ⓘ |
| consequence |
strengthening of Roman political influence in Armenia
ⓘ
temporary reduction of Parthian influence in Armenia ⓘ |
| date | circa 163 ⓘ |
| era |
2nd century
ⓘ
Antonine period ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Caucasus ⓘ |
| location |
Armenia
ⓘ
Artaxata ⓘ |
| militaryTheater |
Byzantine frontier regions
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman frontier
|
| notableFor |
being a turning point in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166
ⓘ
demonstrating Roman capacity to intervene in Armenian succession politics ⓘ |
| objective |
assertion of Roman influence in Armenia
ⓘ
seizure of the Armenian capital Artaxata ⓘ |
| opponent | Parthian-backed Armenian forces ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Sohaemus of Armenia
ⓘ
Vologases IV of Parthia ⓘ |
| participant |
Kingdom of Armenia
ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Cappadocia
ⓘ
Tigranocerta ⓘ |
| result | Roman victory ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of a key Caucasian crossroads
ⓘ
projection of Roman power into the Armenian highlands ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
reign of Roman co-emperor Lucius Verus
ⓘ
reign of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Capture of Artaxata Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.