siege of Athens
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The siege of Athens was the final Spartan blockade and encirclement of the city at the end of the Peloponnesian War, leading to Athens’ surrender and the collapse of its empire in 404 BC.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siege of Athens | 2 |
| siege of Athens canonical | 2 |
| Spartan occupation of Athens | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3934889 — 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: siege of Athens Context triple: [Battle of Aegospotami, consequence, siege of Athens]
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A.
Siege of Miletus
The Siege of Miletus was one of Alexander the Great’s early campaigns in Asia Minor, in which he captured the strategically important Ionian city from Persian control.
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B.
Siege of Syracuse
The Siege of Syracuse was a major Roman military campaign during the Second Punic War, famous for the city’s prolonged resistance aided by Archimedes’ ingenious defensive war machines before its eventual capture in 212 BC.
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C.
Siege of Susa
The Siege of Susa was a key engagement during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, in which his forces captured the wealthy ceremonial capital of Susa.
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D.
Siege of Halicarnassus
The Siege of Halicarnassus was a key early battle in Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Empire, in which he captured the heavily fortified Carian capital on the coast of Asia Minor.
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E.
Battle of Amphipolis
The Battle of Amphipolis was a decisive 422 BC clash in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan general Brasidas defeated the Athenians but was killed along with Athenian leader Cleon, paving the way for the Peace of Nicias.
- 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: siege of Athens Target entity description: The siege of Athens was the final Spartan blockade and encirclement of the city at the end of the Peloponnesian War, leading to Athens’ surrender and the collapse of its empire in 404 BC.
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A.
Siege of Miletus
The Siege of Miletus was one of Alexander the Great’s early campaigns in Asia Minor, in which he captured the strategically important Ionian city from Persian control.
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B.
Siege of Syracuse
The Siege of Syracuse was a major Roman military campaign during the Second Punic War, famous for the city’s prolonged resistance aided by Archimedes’ ingenious defensive war machines before its eventual capture in 212 BC.
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C.
Siege of Susa
The Siege of Susa was a key engagement during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, in which his forces captured the wealthy ceremonial capital of Susa.
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D.
Siege of Halicarnassus
The Siege of Halicarnassus was a key early battle in Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Empire, in which he captured the heavily fortified Carian capital on the coast of Asia Minor.
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E.
Battle of Amphipolis
The Battle of Amphipolis was a decisive 422 BC clash in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan general Brasidas defeated the Athenians but was killed along with Athenian leader Cleon, paving the way for the Peace of Nicias.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in the Peloponnesian War
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military siege ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | final siege of Athens in the Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Athenian defenders
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Spartan army ⓘ
surface form:
Lacedaemonian forces
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| cause | Spartan naval victory at Aegospotami ⓘ |
| conflict | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| consequence |
destruction of the Long Walls of Athens
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imposition of Spartan hegemony over Greece ⓘ installation of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens ⓘ loss of Athenian fleet ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| demandByVictors |
acceptance of Spartan-aligned oligarchic government
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surrender of Athenian warships ⓘ tearing down of the Long Walls ⓘ |
| effectOnAthens |
political capitulation to Sparta
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severe food shortages ⓘ starvation among the population ⓘ |
| endDate | 404 BC ⓘ |
| era | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| followedBy |
siege of Athens
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Spartan occupation of Athens
rule of the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Athens
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Sparta ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ledBy | Lysander ⓘ |
| location | Athens ⓘ |
| method |
blockade
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encirclement ⓘ |
| opponent |
Athenian Empire
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Peloponnesian League ⓘ
surface form:
Spartan alliance
|
| opposedBy | Athenian strategoi ⓘ |
| partOf | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Aegospotami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Athenian democracy
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Spartan hegemony ⓘ |
| result |
Athenian surrender
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Spartan victory ⓘ collapse of the Athenian Empire ⓘ end of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| significance |
ended the Athenian thalassocracy
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marked the fall of Athens as a major naval power ⓘ |
| strategy |
land blockade of Athens
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naval blockade of Piraeus ⓘ |
| typeOfBlockade |
land blockade
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naval blockade ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Siege of Athens
this entity surface form:
Siege of Athens
this entity surface form:
Spartan occupation of Athens