Battle of Dara
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The Battle of Dara was a major 6th-century clash between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Persian Empire, notable for Belisarius’s defensive tactics that secured a key Byzantine victory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Dara canonical | 3 |
| Battle of Dara (506) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5903512 — 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: Battle of Dara Context triple: [Iberian War, hasBattle, Battle of Dara]
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Battle of Batih
The Battle of Batih was a 1652 clash in the Khmelnytsky Uprising in which Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s Cossack-Tatar forces decisively defeated and annihilated a major Polish-Lithuanian army, dramatically shifting the balance of power in the region.
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Battle of Sitabuldi
The Battle of Sitabuldi was a key 1817 engagement near Nagpur in central India, where British forces decisively defeated Maratha troops, helping to secure British dominance during the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
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Battle of Adasa
The Battle of Adasa was a decisive engagement in 161 BCE during the Maccabean Revolt in which Judas Maccabeus defeated and killed the Seleucid general Nicanor, securing a major victory for the Jewish rebels.
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Battle of Argaum
The Battle of Argaum was a decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1803, in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha Confederacy in central India.
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Battle of Doiran
The Battle of Doiran was a series of World War I engagements between Bulgarian and Allied forces near Lake Doiran in Macedonia, notable for the strong Bulgarian defensive stand on the Balkan Front.
- 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 Dara Target entity description: The Battle of Dara was a major 6th-century clash between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Persian Empire, notable for Belisarius’s defensive tactics that secured a key Byzantine victory.
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A.
Battle of Batih
The Battle of Batih was a 1652 clash in the Khmelnytsky Uprising in which Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s Cossack-Tatar forces decisively defeated and annihilated a major Polish-Lithuanian army, dramatically shifting the balance of power in the region.
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B.
Battle of Sitabuldi
The Battle of Sitabuldi was a key 1817 engagement near Nagpur in central India, where British forces decisively defeated Maratha troops, helping to secure British dominance during the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
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C.
Battle of Adasa
The Battle of Adasa was a decisive engagement in 161 BCE during the Maccabean Revolt in which Judas Maccabeus defeated and killed the Seleucid general Nicanor, securing a major victory for the Jewish rebels.
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D.
Battle of Argaum
The Battle of Argaum was a decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1803, in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha Confederacy in central India.
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E.
Battle of Doiran
The Battle of Doiran was a series of World War I engagements between Bulgarian and Allied forces near Lake Doiran in Macedonia, notable for the strong Bulgarian defensive stand on the Balkan Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military conflict ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Belisarius
NERFINISHED
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Hermogenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | Wars of Justinian by Procopius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Callinicum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Battle of Daras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCasualties |
heavy Sasanian casualties
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lighter Byzantine casualties ⓘ |
| hasCombatant |
Hunnic cavalry auxiliaries
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Roman cavalry ⓘ Roman infantry ⓘ Sasanian heavy cavalry ⓘ Sasanian infantry ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Belisarius
NERFINISHED
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Hermogenes NERFINISHED ⓘ Perozes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDate |
530
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June 530 ⓘ |
| hasForceStrength |
Byzantine army of roughly 25,000–30,000 men (approximate)
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Sasanian army of roughly 40,000–50,000 men (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasFront | Roman–Sasanian frontier in Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Dara
NERFINISHED
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Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ near modern Oğuz, Mardin Province, Turkey ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | Byzantine victory ⓘ |
| hasPhase |
Byzantine counterattack on Sasanian left flank
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final rout of Sasanian forces ⓘ initial Sasanian assaults on Roman trenches ⓘ |
| hasResult | Sasanian forces repulsed ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
boosted reputation of Belisarius
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important early victory in Justinian I’s reign ⓘ secured Byzantine control of Dara ⓘ |
| hasStrategicObjective | defense of the fortress city of Dara ⓘ |
| hasTactic |
combined arms deployment of infantry and cavalry
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defensive tactics ⓘ use of fortified camp ⓘ use of trenches ⓘ |
| occurredDuring | reign of Justinian I ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Perozes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Iberian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Thannuris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Dara Description of subject: The Battle of Dara was a major 6th-century clash between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Persian Empire, notable for Belisarius’s defensive tactics that secured a key Byzantine victory.
Referenced by (4)
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Battle of Dara (506)