Battle of Clastidium
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The Battle of Clastidium was a Roman victory in 222 BC during which the general Marcus Claudius Marcellus famously slew the Insubrian Gallic king Viridomarus in single combat, earning the prestigious spolia opima.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Clastidium canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9371126 — 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 Clastidium Context triple: [Marcus Claudius Marcellus, victory, Battle of Clastidium]
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Battle of Baecula
The Battle of Baecula was a major engagement of the Second Punic War in 208 BC in Hispania, where Roman forces under Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal Barca.
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Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
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C.
Battle of Cisterna
The Battle of Cisterna was a major World War II clash during the Anzio campaign in early 1944, notable for the heavy losses suffered by U.S. Ranger units in an unsuccessful attempt to break German defensive lines in Italy.
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D.
Battle of Noreia
The Battle of Noreia was an early clash in 113 BC in which migrating Cimbri and Teutones forces decisively defeated a Roman army, foreshadowing the wider Cimbrian War and exposing serious weaknesses in the late Republican legions.
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Battle of Lucocisterna
The Battle of Lucocisterna was a significant medieval clash in Sardinia between the Crown of Aragon and local forces that helped secure Aragonese control over the island.
- 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 Clastidium Target entity description: The Battle of Clastidium was a Roman victory in 222 BC during which the general Marcus Claudius Marcellus famously slew the Insubrian Gallic king Viridomarus in single combat, earning the prestigious spolia opima.
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A.
Battle of Baecula
The Battle of Baecula was a major engagement of the Second Punic War in 208 BC in Hispania, where Roman forces under Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal Barca.
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B.
Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
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C.
Battle of Cisterna
The Battle of Cisterna was a major World War II clash during the Anzio campaign in early 1944, notable for the heavy losses suffered by U.S. Ranger units in an unsuccessful attempt to break German defensive lines in Italy.
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D.
Battle of Noreia
The Battle of Noreia was an early clash in 113 BC in which migrating Cimbri and Teutones forces decisively defeated a Roman army, foreshadowing the wider Cimbrian War and exposing serious weaknesses in the late Republican legions.
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E.
Battle of Lucocisterna
The Battle of Lucocisterna was a significant medieval clash in Sardinia between the Crown of Aragon and local forces that helped secure Aragonese control over the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
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Input
Subject: Battle of Clastidium Description of subject: The Battle of Clastidium was a Roman victory in 222 BC during which the general Marcus Claudius Marcellus famously slew the Insubrian Gallic king Viridomarus in single combat, earning the prestigious spolia opima.
Referenced by (6)
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