Battle of Corinth (146 BCE)

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ancient battle battle

The Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) was a decisive Roman victory over the Greek city-state of Corinth that led to the city's destruction and marked the effective end of Greek political independence and the establishment of Roman dominance in Greece.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Corinth (146 BC)	2
Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) canonical	1
Sack of Corinth (146 BCE)	1
Siege of Corinth (146 BC)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5519924 — 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: Battle of Corinth (146 BCE)
Context triple: [Roman Greece, hasStartEvent, Battle of Corinth (146 BCE)]

A. 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.
B. Battle of Coronea (394 BC)
The Battle of Coronea (394 BC) was a major land engagement in central Greece during the Corinthian War, where Spartan forces under King Agesilaus II fought a coalition of Greek city-states opposing Spartan hegemony.
C. 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.
D. Battle of Chaeronea (First Mithridatic War)
The Battle of Chaeronea (First Mithridatic War) was a decisive 86 BC engagement in Greece where Roman forces under Lucius Cornelius Sulla crushed the army of Mithridates VI of Pontus, securing Roman dominance in the region.
E. Battle of Mantinea (418 BC)
The Battle of Mantinea (418 BC) was a major engagement of the Peloponnesian War in which Sparta decisively defeated a coalition led by Argos and Athens, reasserting its dominance in mainland Greece.
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: Battle of Corinth (146 BCE)
Target entity description: The Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) was a decisive Roman victory over the Greek city-state of Corinth that led to the city's destruction and marked the effective end of Greek political independence and the establishment of Roman dominance in Greece.

A. 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.
B. Battle of Coronea (394 BC)
The Battle of Coronea (394 BC) was a major land engagement in central Greece during the Corinthian War, where Spartan forces under King Agesilaus II fought a coalition of Greek city-states opposing Spartan hegemony.
C. 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.
D. Battle of Chaeronea (First Mithridatic War)
The Battle of Chaeronea (First Mithridatic War) was a decisive 86 BC engagement in Greece where Roman forces under Lucius Cornelius Sulla crushed the army of Mithridates VI of Pontus, securing Roman dominance in the region.
E. Battle of Mantinea (418 BC)
The Battle of Mantinea (418 BC) was a major engagement of the Peloponnesian War in which Sparta decisively defeated a coalition led by Argos and Athens, reasserting its dominance in mainland Greece.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
associatedEvent	Roman annexation of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPlace	Isthmus of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Achaean League NERFINISHED ⓘ Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	2nd-century BC battles ⓘ Battles involving ancient Greece ⓘ Battles involving the Roman Republic ⓘ
combatantType	city-state vs republic ⓘ
commander	Lucius Mummius NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandingRomanMagistrate	Lucius Mummius Achaicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictIn	Roman–Greek wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	Roman dominance in Greece ⓘ destruction of Corinth ⓘ effective end of Greek political independence ⓘ end of Achaean League independence ⓘ establishment of Roman province of Achaia ⓘ
date	146 BCE ⓘ
era	Roman Republic era ⓘ
followedBy	Roman sack of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ destruction of Corinth ⓘ
GreekCommander	Critolaus of Megalopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Diaeus of Megalopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked transition of Greece into Roman sphere of control ⓘ
involvedCity	Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedPoliticalEntity	Achaean League NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Achaia NERFINISHED ⓘ Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	symbolic end of classical Greek autonomy ⓘ total destruction of a major Greek city ⓘ
opponent	Achaean League NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Roman conquest of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Macedonian War aftermath ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Scarpheia NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedDestruction	Sack of Corinth (146 BCE) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Roman victory ⓘ
RomanCommander	Lucius Mummius NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	146 BCE ⓘ
yearOfConflict	146 BCE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Greece → hasStartEvent → Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) ⓘ

Roman Greece → hasEvent → Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sack of Corinth (146 BCE)

Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms → significantEvent → Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Corinth (146 BC)

Lucius Mummius Achaicus → victory → Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Corinth (146 BC)

Achaean League → decisiveBattle → Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) ⓘ