siege of Epidamnus
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The siege of Epidamnus was an early conflict in ancient Greece in which Corcyra besieged the Corinthian colony of Epidamnus, helping spark the wider Corinth–Corcyra War that contributed to the tensions leading up to the Peloponnesian War.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18028436 — 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: siege of Epidamnus Context triple: [Corinth–Corcyra War, significantEvent, siege of Epidamnus]
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Siege of Modon
The Siege of Modon was a key late 17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, where Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port fortress of Modon during the Morean War.
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Siege of Brundisium
The Siege of Brundisium was a pivotal early episode in Julius Caesar’s civil war, when Caesar blockaded Pompey’s forces in the key Adriatic port of Brundisium before Pompey escaped to Greece.
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C.
siege of Lamia
The siege of Lamia was a key military engagement during the Lamian War in which Greek forces attempted to confine and defeat the Macedonian regent Antipater in the city of Lamia.
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D.
Siege of Patras
The Siege of Patras was a key late-17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, during which Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port city of Patras in the course of the Morean War.
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siege of Melos
The siege of Melos was an episode in the Peloponnesian War in 416–415 BCE in which Athens besieged, conquered, and brutally subjugated the neutral island of Melos, later immortalized as a stark example of realpolitik and imperialism in Thucydides’ history.
- 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: siege of Epidamnus Target entity description: The siege of Epidamnus was an early conflict in ancient Greece in which Corcyra besieged the Corinthian colony of Epidamnus, helping spark the wider Corinth–Corcyra War that contributed to the tensions leading up to the Peloponnesian War.
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A.
Siege of Modon
The Siege of Modon was a key late 17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, where Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port fortress of Modon during the Morean War.
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B.
Siege of Brundisium
The Siege of Brundisium was a pivotal early episode in Julius Caesar’s civil war, when Caesar blockaded Pompey’s forces in the key Adriatic port of Brundisium before Pompey escaped to Greece.
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C.
siege of Lamia
The siege of Lamia was a key military engagement during the Lamian War in which Greek forces attempted to confine and defeat the Macedonian regent Antipater in the city of Lamia.
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D.
Siege of Patras
The Siege of Patras was a key late-17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, during which Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port city of Patras in the course of the Morean War.
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E.
siege of Melos
The siege of Melos was an episode in the Peloponnesian War in 416–415 BCE in which Athens besieged, conquered, and brutally subjugated the neutral island of Melos, later immortalized as a stark example of realpolitik and imperialism in Thucydides’ history.
- F. None of above. chosen
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