Battle of Apros
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The Battle of Apros was a 1305 clash in Thrace where the mercenary Catalan Company decisively defeated Byzantine forces, cementing its reputation as a formidable military power in the region.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Apros canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11349617 — 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 Apros Context triple: [Catalan Company, notableBattle, Battle of Apros]
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Battle of Adasa
The Battle of Adasa was a decisive engagement in 161 BCE during the Maccabean Revolt in which Judas Maccabeus defeated and killed the Seleucid general Nicanor, securing a major victory for the Jewish rebels.
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Battle of Sybota
The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.
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Battle of Argaum
The Battle of Argaum was a decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1803, in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha Confederacy in central India.
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D.
Battle of Adys
The Battle of Adys was a land engagement of the First Punic War in which Roman forces attacked and defeated Carthaginian troops near the town of Adys in North Africa.
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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 Apros Target entity description: The Battle of Apros was a 1305 clash in Thrace where the mercenary Catalan Company decisively defeated Byzantine forces, cementing its reputation as a formidable military power in the region.
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A.
Battle of Adasa
The Battle of Adasa was a decisive engagement in 161 BCE during the Maccabean Revolt in which Judas Maccabeus defeated and killed the Seleucid general Nicanor, securing a major victory for the Jewish rebels.
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B.
Battle of Sybota
The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.
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C.
Battle of Argaum
The Battle of Argaum was a decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1803, in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha Confederacy in central India.
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D.
Battle of Adys
The Battle of Adys was a land engagement of the First Punic War in which Roman forces attacked and defeated Carthaginian troops near the town of Adys in North Africa.
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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 (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military conflict ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Byzantine–Latin relations
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine–Latin conflicts
decline of Byzantine military power in Thrace ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Catalan Company ⓘ |
| combatant |
Byzantine imperial army
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine armed forces
mercenary Catalan Company ⓘ |
| conflictType | pitched battle ⓘ |
| date | 1305 ⓘ |
| era | early 14th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | further Catalan Company operations in the Balkans ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Thrace ⓘ |
| involved |
Byzantine imperial commanders
ⓘ
mercenary troops ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| location | Thrace ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Balkans ⓘ |
| opponent | Byzantine forces ⓘ |
| outcome | decisive victory for the Catalan Company ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine–Catalan conflicts
ⓘ
linked to:
Catalan conquest of Thessaly
late Byzantine military history ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1305 ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier campaigns of the Catalan Company in Byzantine service ⓘ |
| result | Catalan victory ⓘ |
| significance | cemented the Catalan Company’s reputation as a formidable military power in the region ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Battle of Apros Description of subject: The Battle of Apros was a 1305 clash in Thrace where the mercenary Catalan Company decisively defeated Byzantine forces, cementing its reputation as a formidable military power in the region.
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