Punic Wars
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The Punic Wars were a series of three major conflicts between ancient Rome and Carthage that ultimately led to Roman dominance over the western Mediterranean.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62438 — 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.
Target entity: Punic Wars Context triple: [Roman Empire, majorConflict, Punic Wars]
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Italian campaign
The Italian campaign was a series of Allied military operations in Italy during World War II aimed at knocking Italy out of the Axis and opening a new front against Germany in Europe.
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) was a brutal conflict between Republican and Nationalist forces in Spain that became a testing ground for foreign powers and a prelude to World War II.
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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a major global conflict involving most of the great powers of the time, often considered the first "world war" due to its battles across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
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Bore War
The "Bore War" is a colloquial nickname for the early World War II period known as the Phoney War, when little actual fighting occurred on the Western Front despite the state of war.
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North African campaign
The North African campaign was a major World War II theater in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of North Africa’s deserts and vital Mediterranean supply routes between 1940 and 1943.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Punic Wars Target entity description: The Punic Wars were a series of three major conflicts between ancient Rome and Carthage that ultimately led to Roman dominance over the western Mediterranean.
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Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
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Italian campaign
The Italian campaign was a series of Allied military operations in Italy during World War II aimed at knocking Italy out of the Axis and opening a new front against Germany in Europe.
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C.
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) was a brutal conflict between Republican and Nationalist forces in Spain that became a testing ground for foreign powers and a prelude to World War II.
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D.
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a major global conflict involving most of the great powers of the time, often considered the first "world war" due to its battles across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
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Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major early-19th-century conflicts pitting Napoleonic France against various European coalitions, reshaping the continent’s political order and leading to Napoleon Bonaparte’s eventual defeat.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient war
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series of wars ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ war ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Carthage
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Carthage ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| consequence |
Rome gains control of Sicily
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annexation of Carthaginian territory as Roman province of Africa ⓘ complete destruction of Carthage ⓘ |
| endTime |
146 BC
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146 BC ⓘ 201 BC ⓘ 241 BC ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Punic Wars
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
First Punic War
Second Punic War ⓘ Third Punic War ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Western Mediterranean ⓘ |
| mainTheater |
Iberian Peninsula
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Italy ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Sicily ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Poeni (Latin term for Carthaginians) ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Cannae
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Battle of Zama ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
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surface form:
Hannibal Barca
Scipio Africanus ⓘ
surface form:
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
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| numberOfConflicts | 3 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Punic Wars
self-linksurface differs
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Punic Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ Punic Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ Punic Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Roman–Carthaginian conflicts
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| result |
Roman dominance over western Mediterranean
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Roman victory ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ destruction of Carthage ⓘ |
| startTime |
149 BC
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218 BC ⓘ 264 BC ⓘ 264 BC ⓘ |
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Subject: Punic Wars Description of subject: The Punic Wars were a series of three major conflicts between ancient Rome and Carthage that ultimately led to Roman dominance over the western Mediterranean.
Referenced by (43)
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