Battle of Methone
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The Battle of Methone was a 4th-century BC conflict in which Philip II of Macedon besieged and captured the strategically important city of Methone, consolidating Macedonian power in the region.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Methone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Methone Context triple: [Philip II of Macedon, notableBattle, Battle of Methone]
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A.
Battle of Grammos
The Battle of Grammos was a major 1949 military confrontation in the Greek Civil War, where government forces decisively defeated communist guerrillas in the Grammos mountain region, effectively ending the conflict.
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B.
Battle of Halmyros
The Battle of Halmyros was a decisive 1311 clash in central Greece in which the Catalan Company annihilated the forces of the Duchy of Athens, reshaping the political landscape of the region.
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C.
Battle of Thymbra
The Battle of Thymbra was a decisive 547 BC clash near Sardis in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces crushed King Croesus and effectively ended the independence of the Lydian Kingdom.
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D.
Battle of Kleisoura Pass
The Battle of Kleisoura Pass was a key World War II engagement in April 1941 in which German forces seized a strategic mountain pass in Greece, contributing to the rapid collapse of Greek and Allied defenses during the Balkans campaign.
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E.
Battle of Dervenakia
The Battle of Dervenakia was a decisive 1822 engagement of the Greek War of Independence in which Greek revolutionary forces crushed a much larger Ottoman army, securing the Peloponnese.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Methone Target entity description: The Battle of Methone was a 4th-century BC conflict in which Philip II of Macedon besieged and captured the strategically important city of Methone, consolidating Macedonian power in the region.
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A.
Battle of Grammos
The Battle of Grammos was a major 1949 military confrontation in the Greek Civil War, where government forces decisively defeated communist guerrillas in the Grammos mountain region, effectively ending the conflict.
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B.
Battle of Halmyros
The Battle of Halmyros was a decisive 1311 clash in central Greece in which the Catalan Company annihilated the forces of the Duchy of Athens, reshaping the political landscape of the region.
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C.
Battle of Thymbra
The Battle of Thymbra was a decisive 547 BC clash near Sardis in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces crushed King Croesus and effectively ended the independence of the Lydian Kingdom.
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D.
Battle of Kleisoura Pass
The Battle of Kleisoura Pass was a key World War II engagement in April 1941 in which German forces seized a strategic mountain pass in Greece, contributing to the rapid collapse of Greek and Allied defenses during the Balkans campaign.
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E.
Battle of Dervenakia
The Battle of Dervenakia was a decisive 1822 engagement of the Greek War of Independence in which Greek revolutionary forces crushed a much larger Ottoman army, securing the Peloponnese.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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siege ⓘ |
| belligerent |
City of Methone
ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Macedon
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| combatantRoleOf |
Methone as besieged city
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Philip II of Macedon as besieger ⓘ |
| commander | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| conflictType | Macedonian expansion wars ⓘ |
| consequence |
consolidation of Macedonian power in the region
ⓘ
expansion of Macedonian control over coastal territories ⓘ |
| date | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| dateApproximate | c. 354–353 BC ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| followedBy | further Macedonian expansion into Greek territories ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
removed a hostile coastal stronghold near Macedon
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strengthened Macedonian dominance in northern Greece ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Greece ⓘ |
| outcome |
capture of Methone by Macedon
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destruction of Methone as an independent city ⓘ |
| partOf |
Philip II of Macedon’s campaigns in Greece
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Philip II’s early consolidation of Macedon ⓘ |
| place |
Methone (Magnesia)
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surface form:
Methone
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| precededBy | earlier campaigns of Philip II in the region ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Greek city-states of the northern Aegean
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Philip II of Macedon ⓘ expansion of the Kingdom of Macedon ⓘ |
| result | Macedonian victory ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of a key port on the Thermaic Gulf
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securing Macedonian access to the sea ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | siege warfare ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Methone Description of subject: The Battle of Methone was a 4th-century BC conflict in which Philip II of Macedon besieged and captured the strategically important city of Methone, consolidating Macedonian power in the region.
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