Battle of Resaena
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The Battle of Resaena was a 243 AD clash between the Roman Empire under Emperor Gordian III and the Sasanian Persians, marking a key Roman victory in the Roman–Persian Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Resaena canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3932312 — 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: Battle of Resaena Context triple: [Gordian III, battle, Battle of Resaena]
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A.
Battle of Reinohuelén
The Battle of Reinohuelén was an early 16th-century clash between Spanish conquistadors and indigenous forces in central Chile that helped establish Spanish control in the region.
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B.
Battle of Graspan
The Battle of Graspan was a Second Boer War engagement in November 1899 in which British forces attacked well-entrenched Boer positions near Belmont in the Cape Colony.
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C.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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D.
Battle of Segoyuela
The Battle of Segoyuela was an early 8th-century clash in the Iberian Peninsula during the Muslim expansion into Visigothic Hispania, contributing to the consolidation of Umayyad control in the region.
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E.
Battle of Rovine
The Battle of Rovine was a late 14th-century conflict in which Wallachian forces under Voivode Mircea the Elder resisted an Ottoman invasion, becoming a symbol of medieval Romanian resistance against Ottoman expansion.
- 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 Resaena Target entity description: The Battle of Resaena was a 243 AD clash between the Roman Empire under Emperor Gordian III and the Sasanian Persians, marking a key Roman victory in the Roman–Persian Wars.
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A.
Battle of Reinohuelén
The Battle of Reinohuelén was an early 16th-century clash between Spanish conquistadors and indigenous forces in central Chile that helped establish Spanish control in the region.
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B.
Battle of Graspan
The Battle of Graspan was a Second Boer War engagement in November 1899 in which British forces attacked well-entrenched Boer positions near Belmont in the Cape Colony.
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C.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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D.
Battle of Segoyuela
The Battle of Segoyuela was an early 8th-century clash in the Iberian Peninsula during the Muslim expansion into Visigothic Hispania, contributing to the consolidation of Umayyad control in the region.
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E.
Battle of Rovine
The Battle of Rovine was a late 14th-century conflict in which Wallachian forces under Voivode Mircea the Elder resisted an Ottoman invasion, becoming a symbol of medieval Romanian resistance against Ottoman expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military conflict ⓘ |
| associatedWith | reign of Gordian III ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Sasanian Persians
|
| category |
3rd-century conflicts
ⓘ
Battles involving the Roman Empire ⓘ Battles involving the Sasanian Empire ⓘ |
| commander | Gordian III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Roman–Persian Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman–Sasanian Wars
|
| date | 243 ⓘ |
| era | Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued Roman campaign into Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 3rd century ⓘ |
| involved | Roman–Sasanian frontier warfare ⓘ |
| location |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Roman–Sasanian frontier zone ⓘ
surface form:
Roman–Persian frontier
|
| opponentOf | Shapur I ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman–Persian Wars
ⓘ
Persian campaign against the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
campaign of Gordian III against the Sasanians
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| place | Resaena ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Roman defeats in the East ⓘ |
| region |
Middle East
ⓘ
surface form:
Near East
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| result | Roman victory ⓘ |
| RomanCommander | Gordian III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
key Roman victory against the Sasanian Persians
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temporarily restored Roman prestige in the East ⓘ |
| theatre | Mesopotamian theatre of the Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ |
| year | 243 AD ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Resaena Description of subject: The Battle of Resaena was a 243 AD clash between the Roman Empire under Emperor Gordian III and the Sasanian Persians, marking a key Roman victory in the Roman–Persian Wars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gordian III