There was a sharp and terrible conflict between the soldiers who engaged, and especially also between the leaders.
Edition :
Plutarch Lives IX: Demetrius and Antony, Pyrrhus and Caius Marius, Ed. Jeffrey Henderson, trans. Bernadotte Perrin (The Loeb Classical Library 101), Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - London 1968 (first ed. 1920).
Remark :
victim: Reaction: Pantauchus challenges Pyrrhus to single combat. This is mentioned later in the paragraph. date: This battle takes place "a little while" (10.1) before Pyrrhus' expedition into Macedonia, so 290/89 BC.
