forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus
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The forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus were the armies of the Hellenistic king Mithridates the Great, a major adversary of Rome during the Mithridatic Wars in the 1st century BCE.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mithridatic forces | 1 |
| Pontic army of Mithridates VI | 1 |
| forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus canonical | 1 |
| retreat of Mithridates VI from Asia Minor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21853353 — 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: forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus Context triple: [Chaironeia, battleOpponent, forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus]
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A.
Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War was a major conflict from 73–63 BC in which the Roman Republic decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, greatly expanding Roman power in the eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Second Mithridatic War
The Second Mithridatic War was a brief conflict from 83–81 BCE between the Roman Republic and King Mithridates VI of Pontus, fought mainly in Asia Minor as part of the larger series of Mithridatic Wars.
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C.
Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
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D.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator was a powerful 1st-century BCE king of Pontus, famed for his fierce resistance to Roman expansion in the Mithridatic Wars and his legendary experiments with poisons and antidotes.
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E.
Mithridatic Wars with Rome
The Mithridatic Wars with Rome were a series of three conflicts in the 1st century BCE between the Roman Republic and King Mithridates VI of Pontus over control of Asia Minor and 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: forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus Target entity description: The forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus were the armies of the Hellenistic king Mithridates the Great, a major adversary of Rome during the Mithridatic Wars in the 1st century BCE.
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A.
Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War was a major conflict from 73–63 BC in which the Roman Republic decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, greatly expanding Roman power in the eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Second Mithridatic War
The Second Mithridatic War was a brief conflict from 83–81 BCE between the Roman Republic and King Mithridates VI of Pontus, fought mainly in Asia Minor as part of the larger series of Mithridatic Wars.
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C.
Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
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D.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator was a powerful 1st-century BCE king of Pontus, famed for his fierce resistance to Roman expansion in the Mithridatic Wars and his legendary experiments with poisons and antidotes.
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E.
Mithridatic Wars with Rome
The Mithridatic Wars with Rome were a series of three conflicts in the 1st century BCE between the Roman Republic and King Mithridates VI of Pontus over control of Asia Minor and the eastern Mediterranean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus