Cleombrotus I of Sparta
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Cleombrotus I of Sparta was a 4th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, best known for leading the Spartan forces to defeat and death at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, which marked the end of Sparta’s military supremacy in Greece.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12103002 — 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: Cleombrotus I of Sparta Context triple: [Pausanias of Sparta, father, Cleombrotus I of Sparta]
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Areus I of Sparta
Areus I of Sparta was a 3rd-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty known for his efforts to revive Spartan power and his involvement in the Hellenistic conflicts against Macedon.
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Cleomenes I of Sparta
Cleomenes I of Sparta was a powerful late 6th–early 5th century BC Spartan king known for his aggressive foreign policy, including intervention in Athenian politics and conflicts with Persia and other Greek states.
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Cleomenes III of Sparta
Cleomenes III of Sparta was a reformist Spartan king of the 3rd century BCE who attempted to restore traditional Spartan institutions and expand Spartan power before being defeated by the Macedonians.
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Oebalus of Sparta
Oebalus of Sparta was a mythological king of Sparta in Greek tradition, known as a descendant of the hero Heracles and an ancestor of several prominent Spartan royal figures.
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Clearchus of Sparta
Clearchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan general best known for commanding Greek mercenaries in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, as famously recounted in Xenophon's Anabasis.
- 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: Cleombrotus I of Sparta Target entity description: Cleombrotus I of Sparta was a 4th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, best known for leading the Spartan forces to defeat and death at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, which marked the end of Sparta’s military supremacy in Greece.
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A.
Areus I of Sparta
Areus I of Sparta was a 3rd-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty known for his efforts to revive Spartan power and his involvement in the Hellenistic conflicts against Macedon.
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B.
Cleomenes I of Sparta
Cleomenes I of Sparta was a powerful late 6th–early 5th century BC Spartan king known for his aggressive foreign policy, including intervention in Athenian politics and conflicts with Persia and other Greek states.
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C.
Cleomenes III of Sparta
Cleomenes III of Sparta was a reformist Spartan king of the 3rd century BCE who attempted to restore traditional Spartan institutions and expand Spartan power before being defeated by the Macedonians.
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D.
Oebalus of Sparta
Oebalus of Sparta was a mythological king of Sparta in Greek tradition, known as a descendant of the hero Heracles and an ancestor of several prominent Spartan royal figures.
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E.
Clearchus of Sparta
Clearchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan general best known for commanding Greek mercenaries in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, as famously recounted in Xenophon's Anabasis.
- F. None of above. chosen
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