Siege of Taormina (902)
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The Siege of Taormina (902) was a decisive early 10th-century Muslim conquest of the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina in northeastern Sicily, marking a key step in the Emirate of Sicily’s domination of the island.
All labels observed (1)
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| Siege of Taormina (902) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19339748 — 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: Siege of Taormina (902) Context triple: [Emirate of Sicily, majorBattle, Siege of Taormina (902)]
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Sack of Palermo (1063)
The Sack of Palermo (1063) was a major Pisan naval raid during the Norman conquest of Sicily, in which Pisan forces attacked and plundered the Muslim-held city of Palermo.
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B.
Siege of Bari (1068–1071)
The Siege of Bari (1068–1071) was the protracted military campaign in which Norman forces captured the last major Byzantine stronghold in southern Italy, effectively ending Byzantine rule on the Italian peninsula.
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C.
Siege of Gaeta 1707
The Siege of Gaeta in 1707 was a key military engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Austrian forces captured the fortified coastal city of Gaeta from Bourbon control, consolidating Habsburg influence in southern Italy.
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D.
Siege of Atella
The Siege of Atella was a 1496 Italian Wars engagement in which Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba captured the Neapolitan town of Atella from French control.
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E.
Siege of Chandax
The Siege of Chandax was a protracted 10th-century Byzantine campaign that culminated in the reconquest of Crete from the Arabs, restoring imperial control over the island and curbing piracy in the eastern Mediterranean.
- 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: Siege of Taormina (902) Target entity description: The Siege of Taormina (902) was a decisive early 10th-century Muslim conquest of the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina in northeastern Sicily, marking a key step in the Emirate of Sicily’s domination of the island.
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A.
Sack of Palermo (1063)
The Sack of Palermo (1063) was a major Pisan naval raid during the Norman conquest of Sicily, in which Pisan forces attacked and plundered the Muslim-held city of Palermo.
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B.
Siege of Bari (1068–1071)
The Siege of Bari (1068–1071) was the protracted military campaign in which Norman forces captured the last major Byzantine stronghold in southern Italy, effectively ending Byzantine rule on the Italian peninsula.
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C.
Siege of Gaeta 1707
The Siege of Gaeta in 1707 was a key military engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Austrian forces captured the fortified coastal city of Gaeta from Bourbon control, consolidating Habsburg influence in southern Italy.
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D.
Siege of Atella
The Siege of Atella was a 1496 Italian Wars engagement in which Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba captured the Neapolitan town of Atella from French control.
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E.
Siege of Chandax
The Siege of Chandax was a protracted 10th-century Byzantine campaign that culminated in the reconquest of Crete from the Arabs, restoring imperial control over the island and curbing piracy in the eastern Mediterranean.
- F. None of above. chosen
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