siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE)

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military campaign siege

The siege of Jerusalem in 37 BCE was the decisive military campaign in which Herod, backed by Roman forces, captured the city and secured his rule over Judea.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE)	1
siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE) canonical	1
siege of Jerusalem (40–37 BCE)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5446520 — 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 Jerusalem (37 BCE)
Context triple: [Herodian Kingdom, notableEvent, siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE)]

A. Siege of Jerusalem (63 BCE)
The Siege of Jerusalem in 63 BCE was a pivotal Roman military intervention led by Pompey that ended the Hasmonean civil war, brought Judea under Roman control, and marked the loss of Jewish political independence.
B. Siege of Jerusalem by Antiochus VII Sidetes
The Siege of Jerusalem by Antiochus VII Sidetes was a late 2nd-century BCE Seleucid military campaign against the Hasmonean capital that pressured John Hyrcanus I into a negotiated settlement, marking a pivotal moment in Judean-Seleucid relations.
C. siege of Jerusalem
The siege of Jerusalem was a pivotal 1948 Arab–Israeli War battle in which Jewish-held West Jerusalem was encircled and cut off by Arab forces, leading to intense fighting and a critical struggle to secure supply routes to the city.
D. Siege of Jerusalem (636–637)
The Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was the early Islamic Rashidun Caliphate’s capture of the Byzantine-held holy city, marking a decisive moment in the Muslim conquest of the Levant.
E. Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)
The Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) was the Babylonian military campaign that culminated in the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, the fall of the Kingdom of Judah, and the beginning of the Babylonian exile of the Jewish population.
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 Jerusalem (37 BCE)
Target entity description: The siege of Jerusalem in 37 BCE was the decisive military campaign in which Herod, backed by Roman forces, captured the city and secured his rule over Judea.

A. Siege of Jerusalem (63 BCE)
The Siege of Jerusalem in 63 BCE was a pivotal Roman military intervention led by Pompey that ended the Hasmonean civil war, brought Judea under Roman control, and marked the loss of Jewish political independence.
B. Siege of Jerusalem by Antiochus VII Sidetes
The Siege of Jerusalem by Antiochus VII Sidetes was a late 2nd-century BCE Seleucid military campaign against the Hasmonean capital that pressured John Hyrcanus I into a negotiated settlement, marking a pivotal moment in Judean-Seleucid relations.
C. siege of Jerusalem
The siege of Jerusalem was a pivotal 1948 Arab–Israeli War battle in which Jewish-held West Jerusalem was encircled and cut off by Arab forces, leading to intense fighting and a critical struggle to secure supply routes to the city.
D. Siege of Jerusalem (636–637)
The Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was the early Islamic Rashidun Caliphate’s capture of the Byzantine-held holy city, marking a decisive moment in the Muslim conquest of the Levant.
E. Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)
The Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) was the Babylonian military campaign that culminated in the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, the fall of the Kingdom of Judah, and the beginning of the Babylonian exile of the Jewish population.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ siege ⓘ
belligerentCommander	Antigonus II Mattathias ⓘ Herod the Great ⓘ Roman commanders allied with Herod ⓘ
combatant	Herod the Great ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ supporters of Antigonus II Mattathias ⓘ
conflict	Herodian–Hasmonean conflict ⓘ linked to: Hasmonean civil war
date	37 BCE ⓘ
describedIn	writings of Flavius Josephus ⓘ
era	Late Roman Republic ⓘ
followedBy	Herod’s kingship over Judea ⓘ
location	Jerusalem ⓘ
opponent	Antigonus II Mattathias ⓘ Hasmonean loyalists ⓘ linked to: Hasmonean dynasty
partOf	Roman involvement in Judea ⓘ Roman–Parthian conflicts in the Levant ⓘ linked to: Roman–Parthian Wars
placeInHistory	key event in the political reorganization of Judea under Rome ⓘ
precededBy	Parthian intervention in Judea ⓘ linked to: Parthian invasion
relatedTo	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ Herodian dynasty ⓘ Roman civil war era ⓘ
result	Herodian victory ⓘ capture of Jerusalem by Herod ⓘ consolidation of Herod’s rule over Judea ⓘ end of Hasmonean control of Jerusalem ⓘ
significance	decisive campaign securing Herod’s rule over Judea ⓘ strengthening of Roman influence in Judea ⓘ transition from Hasmonean to Herodian rule ⓘ
supportedBy	Mark Antony ⓘ Roman legions ⓘ linked to: Roman legion
territorialChange	Jerusalem brought firmly under Herodian control ⓘ Judea effectively becomes a Roman client kingdom under Herod ⓘ linked to: Herodian Kingdom

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Herodian Kingdom → notableEvent → siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE) ⓘ

Roman–Parthian Wars → notableBattle → Siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE) ⓘ

linked to: siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE)

Antigonus II → event → siege of Jerusalem (40–37 BCE) ⓘ