Aetolian campaign
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The Aetolian campaign was a failed military expedition led by the Athenian general Demosthenes during the Peloponnesian War, marked by difficult terrain, fierce local resistance, and heavy Athenian losses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aetolian campaign canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3713344 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aetolian campaign Context triple: [Demosthenes (general), notableBattle, Aetolian campaign]
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Corinth campaign
The Corinth campaign was a series of Union operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War aimed at capturing the strategically vital railroad junction of Corinth, Mississippi, in 1862.
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Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.
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Sphacteria campaign
The Sphacteria campaign was a pivotal episode of the Peloponnesian War in which Athenian forces trapped and captured a Spartan contingent on the island of Sphacteria, dealing a major blow to Sparta’s military prestige.
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Pyrrhic War
The Pyrrhic War was an early 3rd-century BCE conflict in which King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought Rome in southern Italy, giving rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory” for costly, ruinous successes.
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Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition was a massive Athenian military campaign against Syracuse in Sicily (415–413 BCE) that ended in catastrophic defeat and marked a major turning point in the Peloponnesian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aetolian campaign Target entity description: The Aetolian campaign was a failed military expedition led by the Athenian general Demosthenes during the Peloponnesian War, marked by difficult terrain, fierce local resistance, and heavy Athenian losses.
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A.
Corinth campaign
The Corinth campaign was a series of Union operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War aimed at capturing the strategically vital railroad junction of Corinth, Mississippi, in 1862.
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B.
Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.
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C.
Sphacteria campaign
The Sphacteria campaign was a pivotal episode of the Peloponnesian War in which Athenian forces trapped and captured a Spartan contingent on the island of Sphacteria, dealing a major blow to Sparta’s military prestige.
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D.
Pyrrhic War
The Pyrrhic War was an early 3rd-century BCE conflict in which King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought Rome in southern Italy, giving rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory” for costly, ruinous successes.
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Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition was a massive Athenian military campaign against Syracuse in Sicily (415–413 BCE) that ended in catastrophic defeat and marked a major turning point in the Peloponnesian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in the Peloponnesian War
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military campaign ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Aetolians
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surface form:
Aetolian tribes
Athens ⓘ |
| causeOf |
loss of Athenian light troops
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loss of many Athenian hoplites ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | failed expedition ⓘ |
| commander | Demosthenes ⓘ |
| conflict | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| consequence |
damage to Demosthenes’ reputation
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weakening of Athenian forces in western Greece ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Thucydides ⓘ |
| ledBy | Demosthenes ⓘ |
| location |
Aetolia
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central Greece ⓘ |
| militaryObjective |
to secure Aetolia as an Athenian ally
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to subdue Aetolia ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
difficult terrain
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fierce local resistance ⓘ heavy Athenian losses ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Aetolians ⓘ |
| partOf | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| result |
Aetolian victory
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Athenian defeat ⓘ |
| tacticalIssue |
inadequate knowledge of terrain
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insufficient missile troops ⓘ overextension of Athenian forces ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | land campaign ⓘ |
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Subject: Aetolian campaign Description of subject: The Aetolian campaign was a failed military expedition led by the Athenian general Demosthenes during the Peloponnesian War, marked by difficult terrain, fierce local resistance, and heavy Athenian losses.
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