Nician Peace
E371772
Nician Peace was a truce concluded in 421 BCE during the Peloponnesian War that temporarily halted hostilities between Athens and Sparta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nician Peace canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3591380 — 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: Nician Peace Context triple: [Peace of Nicias, alsoKnownAs, Nician Peace]
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A.
The Spirit of Peace
The Spirit of Peace is a landscape painting by American Hudson River School artist Jasper Francis Cropsey, reflecting his characteristic luminous, romantic vision of nature.
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B.
Pax
Pax is the Latin word for "peace," widely used in Christian and monastic traditions as a spiritual and communal ideal.
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C.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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D.
Flame of Peace
The Flame of Peace is an eternal flame in Hiroshima symbolizing the hope for a world free of nuclear weapons and war.
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E.
Nueva Paz
Nueva Paz is a municipality in western Cuba known for its rural character and location within the province surrounding Havana.
- 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: Nician Peace Target entity description: Nician Peace was a truce concluded in 421 BCE during the Peloponnesian War that temporarily halted hostilities between Athens and Sparta.
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A.
The Spirit of Peace
The Spirit of Peace is a landscape painting by American Hudson River School artist Jasper Francis Cropsey, reflecting his characteristic luminous, romantic vision of nature.
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B.
Pax
Pax is the Latin word for "peace," widely used in Christian and monastic traditions as a spiritual and communal ideal.
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C.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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D.
Flame of Peace
The Flame of Peace is an eternal flame in Hiroshima symbolizing the hope for a world free of nuclear weapons and war.
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E.
Nueva Paz
Nueva Paz is a municipality in western Cuba known for its rural character and location within the province surrounding Havana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ treaty of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ truce ⓘ |
| actualDuration | approximately 6 years ⓘ |
| aimedTo | end hostilities between Athens and Sparta ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Peace of Nicias ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Athens
ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows |
Battle of Amphipolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Amphipolis (422 BCE)
Battle of Delium ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes |
Battle of Mantinea (418 BC)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Mantinea (418 BCE)
|
| conflictTemporarilyEnded | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Classical Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Athens
Sparta ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Sparta
|
| dateSigned | 421 BCE ⓘ |
| followed |
Battle of Amphipolis
ⓘ
death of Brasidas ⓘ death of Cleon ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
Greek interstate diplomacy
ⓘ
ancient peace treaties ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| includedClause |
exchange of prisoners
ⓘ
mutual restoration of conquered territories ⓘ religious guarantees for common Greek sanctuaries ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mediatedBy | Nicias ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nicias ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | Nicias ⓘ |
| partOf | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| phaseOfWarEnded | Archidamian War ⓘ |
| placeSigned | Sparta ⓘ |
| preceded |
Sicilian Expedition
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renewed hostilities between Athens and Sparta ⓘ |
| precededBy | Archidamian War ⓘ |
| primarySource |
History of the Peloponnesian War
ⓘ
surface form:
Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
|
| recordedIn | inscriptions ⓘ |
| region |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| result |
temporary cessation of open warfare between Athens and Sparta
ⓘ
unstable balance of power in Greece ⓘ |
| signatory |
Athenian Empire
ⓘ
Peloponnesian League ⓘ
surface form:
Lacedaemonian League
|
| statedDuration | 50 years ⓘ |
| typeOfAgreement | bilateral treaty ⓘ |
| violatedBy |
Athenian actions
ⓘ
Spartan allies ⓘ |
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Subject: Nician Peace Description of subject: Nician Peace was a truce concluded in 421 BCE during the Peloponnesian War that temporarily halted hostilities between Athens and Sparta.
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