Battle of Garigliano
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The Battle of Garigliano was a 1503 engagement in the Italian Wars in which Spanish forces decisively defeated the French near the Garigliano River in southern Italy, helping secure Spanish dominance in the Kingdom of Naples.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Garigliano (1503) | 5 |
| Battle of Garigliano canonical | 2 |
| Battle of the Garigliano | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3026112 — 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 Garigliano Context triple: [Prospero Colonna, notableBattle, Battle of Garigliano]
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Battle of Troina
The Battle of Troina was a major World War II engagement in the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily, where American forces fought a fierce, protracted struggle against entrenched German defenders in mountainous terrain.
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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 the Colline Gate
The Battle of the Colline Gate (82 BC) was a decisive clash outside Rome during Sulla’s civil war, securing his dictatorship and reshaping the late Roman Republic’s political order.
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Battle of Beneventum
The Battle of Beneventum was a decisive clash in 275 BC between Roman forces and the army of Pyrrhus of Epirus that effectively ended major Greek resistance in southern Italy and paved the way for Roman dominance over Magna Graecia.
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Battle of the Volturno Line
The Battle of the Volturno Line was a World War II campaign in southern Italy in late 1943, where Allied forces fought to break through German defensive positions along the Volturno River as they advanced northward up the Italian peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Garigliano Target entity description: The Battle of Garigliano was a 1503 engagement in the Italian Wars in which Spanish forces decisively defeated the French near the Garigliano River in southern Italy, helping secure Spanish dominance in the Kingdom of Naples.
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A.
Battle of Troina
The Battle of Troina was a major World War II engagement in the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily, where American forces fought a fierce, protracted struggle against entrenched German defenders in mountainous terrain.
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B.
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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C.
Battle of the Colline Gate
The Battle of the Colline Gate (82 BC) was a decisive clash outside Rome during Sulla’s civil war, securing his dictatorship and reshaping the late Roman Republic’s political order.
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D.
Battle of Beneventum
The Battle of Beneventum was a decisive clash in 275 BC between Roman forces and the army of Pyrrhus of Epirus that effectively ended major Greek resistance in southern Italy and paved the way for Roman dominance over Magna Graecia.
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E.
Battle of the Volturno Line
The Battle of the Volturno Line was a World War II campaign in southern Italy in late 1943, where Allied forces fought to break through German defensive positions along the Volturno River as they advanced northward up the Italian peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Crown of Aragon
ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ French forces ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Spanish forces ⓘ |
| belligerentAllegiance |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Monarchy
|
| campaign | War for control of the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ |
| combatantCommanderFor |
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish forces
ⓘ
Ludovico II of Saluzzo, French forces ⓘ |
| commander |
Francisco de Pizarro (as a soldier under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba)
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Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba ⓘ Ludovico II of Saluzzo ⓘ |
| conflict | Italian Wars ⓘ |
| consequence |
Spanish dominance in the Kingdom of Naples
ⓘ
end of major French presence in the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Naples ⓘ |
| date | 1503-12-29 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Treaty of Lyon ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
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surface form:
Early modern period
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| historicalPeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| involvedMilitaryInnovation |
early use of combined arms tactics
ⓘ
integration of firearms and pike formations ⓘ |
| location |
Volturno River
ⓘ
surface form:
Garigliano River
near Gaeta ⓘ southern Italy ⓘ |
| near |
Castelforte
ⓘ
Minturno ⓘ |
| outcome |
French retreat toward Gaeta
ⓘ
capture of French artillery and supplies by Spanish forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
Italian Wars
ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Wars of 1494–1559
Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form:
Second Italian War
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| precededBy | Battle of Cerignola ⓘ |
| region | Lazio ⓘ |
| result |
Spanish victory
ⓘ
decisive Spanish victory ⓘ |
| riverCrossing |
Volturno River
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surface form:
Garigliano River
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| significance |
marked decline of French influence in southern Italy
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secured Spanish control over the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ |
| tactic |
surprise river crossing
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use of pontoon bridge ⓘ |
| theatre | Italian Peninsula ⓘ |
| year | 1503 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Garigliano Description of subject: The Battle of Garigliano was a 1503 engagement in the Italian Wars in which Spanish forces decisively defeated the French near the Garigliano River in southern Italy, helping secure Spanish dominance in the Kingdom of Naples.
Referenced by (8)
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