Battle of Cynossema
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The Battle of Cynossema was a pivotal 411 BC naval engagement of the Peloponnesian War in which the Athenian fleet, fighting near the Hellespont, secured a crucial victory over Sparta and its allies.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Cynossema canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15455814 — 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 Cynossema Context triple: [Thrasybulus, participatedIn, Battle of Cynossema]
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Battle of Cape Hermaeum
The Battle of Cape Hermaeum was a major naval engagement of the First Punic War in which Roman forces decisively defeated the Carthaginian fleet off the coast of North Africa, helping to secure Roman dominance in the western Mediterranean.
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Battle of Akroinon
The Battle of Akroinon was a major 8th-century clash in Asia Minor in which the Byzantine Empire won a significant victory over the Umayyad Caliphate, helping to halt large-scale Arab incursions into Byzantine territory.
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Battle of Aigos Potamos
The Battle of Aigos Potamos was the decisive 405 BC naval engagement in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy, effectively ending Athens’ maritime empire.
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Battle of Drepanum
The Battle of Drepanum was a major naval defeat for the Roman Republic against Carthage during the First Punic War, notable for its heavy Roman losses and strategic impact on control of western Sicily.
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Battle of Kleidion
The Battle of Kleidion was a decisive 1014 clash between the Byzantine Empire and the First Bulgarian Empire that led to a crushing Byzantine victory and hastened the end of Bulgarian independence.
- 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 Cynossema Target entity description: The Battle of Cynossema was a pivotal 411 BC naval engagement of the Peloponnesian War in which the Athenian fleet, fighting near the Hellespont, secured a crucial victory over Sparta and its allies.
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A.
Battle of Cape Hermaeum
The Battle of Cape Hermaeum was a major naval engagement of the First Punic War in which Roman forces decisively defeated the Carthaginian fleet off the coast of North Africa, helping to secure Roman dominance in the western Mediterranean.
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B.
Battle of Akroinon
The Battle of Akroinon was a major 8th-century clash in Asia Minor in which the Byzantine Empire won a significant victory over the Umayyad Caliphate, helping to halt large-scale Arab incursions into Byzantine territory.
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C.
Battle of Aigos Potamos
The Battle of Aigos Potamos was the decisive 405 BC naval engagement in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy, effectively ending Athens’ maritime empire.
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D.
Battle of Drepanum
The Battle of Drepanum was a major naval defeat for the Roman Republic against Carthage during the First Punic War, notable for its heavy Roman losses and strategic impact on control of western Sicily.
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E.
Battle of Kleidion
The Battle of Kleidion was a decisive 1014 clash between the Byzantine Empire and the First Bulgarian Empire that led to a crushing Byzantine victory and hastened the end of Bulgarian independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
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