Battle of Carthage (238)
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The Battle of Carthage (238) was a key clash during the Year of the Six Emperors in which forces loyal to the Gordian emperors in Africa were defeated by troops of the rival emperor Maximinus Thrax.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle near Carthage in 238 | 1 |
| Battle of Carthage (238) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16790493 — 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 Carthage (238) Context triple: [Gordian II, conflict, Battle of Carthage (238)]
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A.
Battle of Antioch (218)
The Battle of Antioch (218) was a decisive clash during the Roman imperial civil war in which the forces of the usurper-emperor Macrinus were routed by those of Elagabalus, leading to Macrinus’s downfall and Elagabalus’s accession to the throne.
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Battle of Ad Decimum
The Battle of Ad Decimum was a decisive 533 AD clash near Carthage in which the Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandals, paving the way for the reconquest of North Africa by the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Battle of Agordat
The Battle of Agordat was a World War II engagement in Eritrea where British and Commonwealth forces defeated Italian colonial troops, contributing to the collapse of Italian control in East Africa.
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D.
Battle of Italica
The Battle of Italica was a key engagement in the Sertorian Wars in Roman Hispania, where Roman forces clashed in the struggle between the Marian rebel Quintus Sertorius and the Sullan-backed Roman government.
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Battle of Faesulae (406)
The Battle of Faesulae (406) was a late Roman victory in Italy in which the general Stilicho defeated invading Gothic forces during the waning years of the Western Roman Empire.
- 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 Carthage (238) Target entity description: The Battle of Carthage (238) was a key clash during the Year of the Six Emperors in which forces loyal to the Gordian emperors in Africa were defeated by troops of the rival emperor Maximinus Thrax.
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A.
Battle of Antioch (218)
The Battle of Antioch (218) was a decisive clash during the Roman imperial civil war in which the forces of the usurper-emperor Macrinus were routed by those of Elagabalus, leading to Macrinus’s downfall and Elagabalus’s accession to the throne.
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B.
Battle of Ad Decimum
The Battle of Ad Decimum was a decisive 533 AD clash near Carthage in which the Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandals, paving the way for the reconquest of North Africa by the Eastern Roman Empire.
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C.
Battle of Agordat
The Battle of Agordat was a World War II engagement in Eritrea where British and Commonwealth forces defeated Italian colonial troops, contributing to the collapse of Italian control in East Africa.
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D.
Battle of Italica
The Battle of Italica was a key engagement in the Sertorian Wars in Roman Hispania, where Roman forces clashed in the struggle between the Marian rebel Quintus Sertorius and the Sullan-backed Roman government.
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E.
Battle of Faesulae (406)
The Battle of Faesulae (406) was a late Roman victory in Italy in which the general Stilicho defeated invading Gothic forces during the waning years of the Western Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle near Carthage in 238