Battle of Corfinium
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The Battle of Corfinium was an early engagement in 49 BC during Julius Caesar’s civil war in which Caesar besieged and captured the city of Corfinium, securing a key strategic and psychological advantage over the senatorial forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Corfinium canonical | 1 |
| Siege of Corfinium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900354 — 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 Corfinium Context triple: [Caesar’s civil war, hasKeyBattle, Battle of Corfinium]
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Battle of Delium
The Battle of Delium was a significant engagement of the Peloponnesian War in 424 BC, where Boeotian forces decisively defeated the Athenians near the sanctuary of Apollo at Delium.
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Battle of Ecnomus
The Battle of Ecnomus was a major naval engagement of the First Punic War in 256 BC, often considered one of the largest naval battles of antiquity, in which Rome decisively defeated Carthage off the southern coast of Sicily.
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C.
Battle of Sacile
The Battle of Sacile was an 1809 Napoleonic Wars engagement in northern Italy in which Austrian forces temporarily defeated the French-led army of Eugène de Beauharnais.
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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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Battle of Italeni
The Battle of Italeni was a key 1838 clash during the conflicts between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom in what is now South Africa, marked by a significant Boer defeat that shaped the course of the Great Trek.
- 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 Corfinium Target entity description: The Battle of Corfinium was an early engagement in 49 BC during Julius Caesar’s civil war in which Caesar besieged and captured the city of Corfinium, securing a key strategic and psychological advantage over the senatorial forces.
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A.
Battle of Delium
The Battle of Delium was a significant engagement of the Peloponnesian War in 424 BC, where Boeotian forces decisively defeated the Athenians near the sanctuary of Apollo at Delium.
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B.
Battle of Ecnomus
The Battle of Ecnomus was a major naval engagement of the First Punic War in 256 BC, often considered one of the largest naval battles of antiquity, in which Rome decisively defeated Carthage off the southern coast of Sicily.
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C.
Battle of Sacile
The Battle of Sacile was an 1809 Napoleonic Wars engagement in northern Italy in which Austrian forces temporarily defeated the French-led army of Eugène de Beauharnais.
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D.
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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E.
Battle of Italeni
The Battle of Italeni was a key 1838 clash during the conflicts between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom in what is now South Africa, marked by a significant Boer defeat that shaped the course of the Great Trek.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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siege ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Siege of Corfinium
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linked to:
Battle of Corfinium
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| belligerent |
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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linked to:
Pompey the Great
Julius Caesar ⓘ Optimates ⓘ Roman senatorial forces ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Caesarian faction
ⓘ
Pompeian faction ⓘ |
| commander |
Julius Caesar
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Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus ⓘ |
| conflict |
Caesar's Civil War
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linked to:
Caesar’s civil war
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| date | 49 BC ⓘ |
| followedBy | Siege of Brundisium ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| involved |
Caesar's legions
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linked to:
Roman legion
senatorial troops ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Corfinium
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Italy ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| militaryAction | siege of Corfinium ⓘ |
| outcome |
capture of Corfinium by Caesar
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psychological advantage for Julius Caesar ⓘ strategic advantage for Julius Caesar ⓘ surrender of senatorial garrison ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caesar's Civil War
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linked to:
Caesar’s civil war
|
| precededBy |
Crossing of the Rubicon
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linked to:
Battle of the Rubicon
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| result | Caesarian victory ⓘ |
| significance |
demonstrated Caesar's clemency to captured enemies
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early victory for Caesar in the civil war ⓘ undermined confidence in Pompeian leadership ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Corfinium Description of subject: The Battle of Corfinium was an early engagement in 49 BC during Julius Caesar’s civil war in which Caesar besieged and captured the city of Corfinium, securing a key strategic and psychological advantage over the senatorial forces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Battle of Corfinium