Battle of Cabira
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The Battle of Cabira was a significant 1st-century BC clash in which Roman forces under Lucius Licinius Lucullus decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, weakening Pontic power in Anatolia.
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| Battle of Cabira canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8924862 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cabira Context triple: [Third Mithridatic War, notableBattle, Battle of Cabira]
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Battle of Otumba
The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.
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Battle of Diabaly
The Battle of Diabaly was a key 2013 engagement in central Mali during the French-led intervention against Islamist militants, where French and Malian forces recaptured the town from jihadist control.
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Battle of St. Thomé
The Battle of St. Thomé was a key 18th-century engagement in southern India between European colonial powers and their Indian allies that helped shape the course of the Carnatic Wars.
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D.
Battle of Lagos
The Battle of Lagos was a 1759 naval engagement in which the British fleet decisively defeated the French off the coast of Portugal, helping secure British control of the seas during the Seven Years' War.
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Battle of Kambula
The Battle of Kambula was a decisive 1879 engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War in which British forces successfully repelled a major Zulu attack, helping to turn the tide of the conflict in Britain’s favor.
- 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 Cabira Target entity description: The Battle of Cabira was a significant 1st-century BC clash in which Roman forces under Lucius Licinius Lucullus decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, weakening Pontic power in Anatolia.
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A.
Battle of Otumba
The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.
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B.
Battle of Diabaly
The Battle of Diabaly was a key 2013 engagement in central Mali during the French-led intervention against Islamist militants, where French and Malian forces recaptured the town from jihadist control.
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C.
Battle of St. Thomé
The Battle of St. Thomé was a key 18th-century engagement in southern India between European colonial powers and their Indian allies that helped shape the course of the Carnatic Wars.
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D.
Battle of Lagos
The Battle of Lagos was a 1759 naval engagement in which the British fleet decisively defeated the French off the coast of Portugal, helping secure British control of the seas during the Seven Years' War.
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E.
Battle of Kambula
The Battle of Kambula was a decisive 1879 engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War in which British forces successfully repelled a major Zulu attack, helping to turn the tide of the conflict in Britain’s favor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient battle
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battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Roman forces under Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus ⓘ |
| commander |
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mithridates VI of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictIn | Third Mithridatic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 72 BC ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued Roman advances in Pontic territories ⓘ |
| hasCombatant |
Pontus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommanderForPontus | Mithridates VI of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommanderForRomanRepublic | Lucius Licinius Lucullus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Kingdom of Pontus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key turning point against Mithridates VI in the Third Mithridatic War ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Lucullus’s tactical success against a larger Pontic force ⓘ |
| opponent |
Pontus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome | decisive Roman victory ⓘ |
| partOf | Third Mithridatic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCampaign | Lucullus’s campaign against Mithridates VI ⓘ |
| place | near Cabira ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Roman–Pontic engagements in the Third Mithridatic War ⓘ |
| result | Roman victory ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
Roman control strengthened in Anatolia
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defeat of Mithridates VI of Pontus ⓘ weakening of Pontic power in Anatolia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BC ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Cabira Description of subject: The Battle of Cabira was a significant 1st-century BC clash in which Roman forces under Lucius Licinius Lucullus decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, weakening Pontic power in Anatolia.
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