Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE)
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The Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) was a key clash between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire in the Sixth Syrian War, marking a major Seleucid victory that helped Antiochus IV temporarily dominate Egypt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4856632 — 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)
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Target entity: Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) Context triple: [Sixth Syrian War, significantEvent, Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE)]
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Battle of Pelusium (525 BC)
The Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) was a decisive conflict in which the Persian Achaemenid Empire under Cambyses II defeated and conquered Egypt, ending the Saite Dynasty and incorporating Egypt into the Persian Empire.
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B.
Battle of Antioch (145 BCE)
The Battle of Antioch (145 BCE) was a decisive Hellenistic-era clash near the Seleucid capital that helped determine control of the Seleucid Empire during the later stages of the Syrian Wars.
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C.
Battle of Gaza (312 BC)
The Battle of Gaza (312 BC) was a major Hellenistic conflict in which Ptolemy I and Seleucus I decisively defeated Demetrius I, significantly shaping the power struggle among Alexander the Great’s successors.
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D.
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.
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E.
Battle of Pydna (168 BC)
The Battle of Pydna (168 BC) was a decisive clash in which the Roman Republic crushed the Macedonian phalanx, ending the Antigonid dynasty and effectively dissolving the Macedonian Kingdom as an independent power.
- 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: Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) Target entity description: The Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) was a key clash between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire in the Sixth Syrian War, marking a major Seleucid victory that helped Antiochus IV temporarily dominate Egypt.
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A.
Battle of Pelusium (525 BC)
The Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) was a decisive conflict in which the Persian Achaemenid Empire under Cambyses II defeated and conquered Egypt, ending the Saite Dynasty and incorporating Egypt into the Persian Empire.
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B.
Battle of Antioch (145 BCE)
The Battle of Antioch (145 BCE) was a decisive Hellenistic-era clash near the Seleucid capital that helped determine control of the Seleucid Empire during the later stages of the Syrian Wars.
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C.
Battle of Gaza (312 BC)
The Battle of Gaza (312 BC) was a major Hellenistic conflict in which Ptolemy I and Seleucus I decisively defeated Demetrius I, significantly shaping the power struggle among Alexander the Great’s successors.
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D.
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.
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E.
Battle of Pydna (168 BC)
The Battle of Pydna (168 BC) was a decisive clash in which the Roman Republic crushed the Macedonian phalanx, ending the Antigonid dynasty and effectively dissolving the Macedonian Kingdom as an independent power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military conflict ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Antiochus IV’s Egyptian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatantSide | Hellenistic kingdom ⓘ |
| commander | Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Sixth Syrian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 170 BCE ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Seleucid advance into Egypt ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Egypt ⓘ |
| location | Pelusium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponentCommander | Ptolemaic commanders ⓘ |
| opposed | Ptolemaic control of Egypt ⓘ |
| outcome | major Seleucid victory ⓘ |
| partOf | Sixth Syrian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier operations of the Sixth Syrian War ⓘ |
| result | Seleucid victory ⓘ |
| significance |
enabled Antiochus IV to dominate Egypt temporarily
ⓘ
key engagement of the Sixth Syrian War ⓘ opened the way for Seleucid occupation of parts of Egypt ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar |
Eastern Mediterranean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nile Delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 170 BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) Description of subject: The Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) was a key clash between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire in the Sixth Syrian War, marking a major Seleucid victory that helped Antiochus IV temporarily dominate Egypt.
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