Macedonian Wars
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The Macedonian Wars were a series of conflicts in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE in which the Roman Republic fought and ultimately defeated the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedon, leading to Roman dominance in Greece.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T831641 — 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)
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Target entity: Macedonian Wars Context triple: [Ptolemaic Kingdom, conflict, Macedonian Wars]
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Pyrrhic War
The Pyrrhic War was an early 3rd-century BCE conflict in which King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought Rome in southern Italy, giving rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory” for costly, ruinous successes.
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B.
Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.
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Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was a protracted 5th-century BCE conflict between Athens and Sparta (and their respective allies) that reshaped the balance of power in ancient Greece and ultimately led to the downfall of Athenian dominance.
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Punic Wars
The Punic Wars were a series of three major conflicts between ancient Rome and Carthage that ultimately led to Roman dominance over the western Mediterranean.
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E.
Second Sacred War
The Second Sacred War was a 4th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece centered on control of the Delphic sanctuary and its political influence within the Greek world.
- 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)
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Target entity: Macedonian Wars Target entity description: The Macedonian Wars were a series of conflicts in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE in which the Roman Republic fought and ultimately defeated the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedon, leading to Roman dominance in Greece.
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A.
Pyrrhic War
The Pyrrhic War was an early 3rd-century BCE conflict in which King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought Rome in southern Italy, giving rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory” for costly, ruinous successes.
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B.
Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.
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C.
Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was a protracted 5th-century BCE conflict between Athens and Sparta (and their respective allies) that reshaped the balance of power in ancient Greece and ultimately led to the downfall of Athenian dominance.
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D.
Punic Wars
The Punic Wars were a series of three major conflicts between ancient Rome and Carthage that ultimately led to Roman dominance over the western Mediterranean.
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E.
Second Sacred War
The Second Sacred War was a 4th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece centered on control of the Delphic sanctuary and its political influence within the Greek world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient war
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series of wars ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Andriscus
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Macedon ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Macedon
Perseus of Macedon ⓘ Philip V of Macedon ⓘ Philip V of Macedon ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| endTime |
148 BCE
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168 BCE ⓘ 197 BCE ⓘ 205 BCE ⓘ 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy | Roman–Seleucid War ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Macedonian Wars
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
First Macedonian War
Macedonian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Fourth Macedonian War
Macedonian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Second Macedonian War
Macedonian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Third Macedonian War
|
| location |
Adriatic Sea
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surface form:
Adriatic Sea region
Balkans ⓘ Greece ⓘ Macedon ⓘ Macedon ⓘ Macedon ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Cynoscephalae
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Battle of Pydna (168 BC) ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Pydna
|
| partOf | Roman expansion in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| result |
Roman dominance in Greece
ⓘ
Roman victory ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ creation of Roman province of Macedonia ⓘ decisive Roman victory ⓘ defeat of Macedon ⓘ dissolution of Macedonian kingdom ⓘ restriction of Macedonian power ⓘ status quo ante bellum ⓘ |
| significance |
marked end of Macedonian monarchy
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paved way for Roman hegemony in the Hellenistic world ⓘ |
| startTime |
150 BCE
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171 BCE ⓘ 200 BCE ⓘ 214 BCE ⓘ 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Macedonian Wars Description of subject: The Macedonian Wars were a series of conflicts in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE in which the Roman Republic fought and ultimately defeated the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedon, leading to Roman dominance in Greece.
Referenced by (53)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roman conquest of Macedon
subject surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Roman–Macedonian war
subject surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Roman–Macedonian Wars
this entity surface form:
Roman conquest of Greece
this entity surface form:
Macedonian–Greek wars
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Fourth Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Roman conquest of Epirus
this entity surface form:
Roman conquest of Greece
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Roman–Macedonian Wars
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Fourth Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Roman conquest of Greece
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Roman–Macedonian conflicts
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Roman conquest of Macedon
subject surface form:
Battle of Pydna (168 BC)
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
First Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Third Macedonian War
this entity surface form:
Roman conquest of Macedon
this entity surface form:
Second Macedonian War