Lamian War
E383761
The Lamian War was a conflict (323–322 BCE) in which a coalition of Greek city-states, led by Athens, unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow Macedonian hegemony following the death of Alexander the Great.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lamian War canonical | 8 |
| Lamian War (indirectly as regent) | 1 |
| Lamian War (indirectly via policies) | 1 |
| Lamian War (indirectly, as Macedonian officer) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3713895 — 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: Lamian War Context triple: [Aetolians, participatedIn, Lamian War]
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A.
Han–Xiongnu War
The Han–Xiongnu War was a protracted series of military campaigns in the 2nd–1st centuries BCE in which China’s Han dynasty sought to break the power of the nomadic Xiongnu confederation and secure its northern frontiers.
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B.
Great Wall War
The Great Wall War was a 1933 military conflict between the Republic of China and Imperial Japan fought along the Great Wall region of northern China, marking a key early stage of Japanese expansion before the full-scale Second Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Zhongyuan War
The Zhongyuan War was a major 1930 Chinese civil conflict in which regional warlords challenged Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government for control of central China.
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D.
Chu–Han Contention
The Chu–Han Contention was a civil war (206–202 BCE) between the Chu and Han states that led to the founding of China’s Han dynasty.
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E.
Battle of Changping
The Battle of Changping was a decisive 3rd-century BCE clash between the Qin and Zhao states that annihilated Zhao’s forces and paved the way for Qin’s eventual unification of China.
- 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: Lamian War Target entity description: The Lamian War was a conflict (323–322 BCE) in which a coalition of Greek city-states, led by Athens, unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow Macedonian hegemony following the death of Alexander the Great.
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A.
Han–Xiongnu War
The Han–Xiongnu War was a protracted series of military campaigns in the 2nd–1st centuries BCE in which China’s Han dynasty sought to break the power of the nomadic Xiongnu confederation and secure its northern frontiers.
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B.
Great Wall War
The Great Wall War was a 1933 military conflict between the Republic of China and Imperial Japan fought along the Great Wall region of northern China, marking a key early stage of Japanese expansion before the full-scale Second Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Zhongyuan War
The Zhongyuan War was a major 1930 Chinese civil conflict in which regional warlords challenged Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government for control of central China.
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D.
Chu–Han Contention
The Chu–Han Contention was a civil war (206–202 BCE) between the Chu and Han states that led to the founding of China’s Han dynasty.
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E.
Battle of Changping
The Battle of Changping was a decisive 3rd-century BCE clash between the Qin and Zhao states that annihilated Zhao’s forces and paved the way for Qin’s eventual unification of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek war
ⓘ
war ⓘ |
| chronologicalAfter | Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| chronologicalBefore | Wars of the Diadochi ⓘ |
| commander |
Antipater
ⓘ
Cleitus the White ⓘ Craterus ⓘ Leosthenes ⓘ |
| conflictType | Greek revolt against Macedonian rule ⓘ |
| endTime | 322 BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Macedonian domination of Athens
ⓘ
installation of a pro-Macedonian regime in Athens ⓘ restriction of Athenian democracy ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Athenian fear of loss of autonomy
ⓘ
death of Alexander the Great ⓘ opposition to Macedonian hegemony ⓘ resentment of Macedonian garrisons in Greek cities ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Battle of Crannon
ⓘ
naval battles in the Hellespont ⓘ siege of Lamia ⓘ |
| location |
Aegean Sea
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Dardanelles ⓘ
surface form:
Hellespont
Thessaly ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lamia ⓘ |
| opponent |
Aetolian League
ⓘ
Antipater ⓘ Athens ⓘ Cleitus the White ⓘ Craterus ⓘ Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian kingdom
|
| participant |
Aetolian League
ⓘ
Antipater ⓘ Athens ⓘ Cleitus the White ⓘ Craterus ⓘ Leosthenes ⓘ Lyciscus of Acarnania ⓘ Macedon ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian kingdom
Thessalian cities opposed to Macedonia ⓘ |
| primaryBelligerentCoalition |
Athenian-led coalition of Greek city-states
ⓘ
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian regency under Antipater
|
| result |
Macedonian victory
ⓘ
defeat of Athenian-led coalition ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
death of Leosthenes
ⓘ
peace settlement imposed by Antipater ⓘ surrender of Athens ⓘ |
| startTime | 323 BCE ⓘ |
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.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Lamian War Description of subject: The Lamian War was a conflict (323–322 BCE) in which a coalition of Greek city-states, led by Athens, unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow Macedonian hegemony following the death of Alexander the Great.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lamian War (indirectly via policies)
this entity surface form:
Lamian War (indirectly, as Macedonian officer)