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Pyrrhus' army breaks the phalanx of Pantauchus' army.

Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Army of Pantauchus Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: defeat
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Pantauchus Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: flight
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 7.5 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Aetolia (Aitolia)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :290 B.C.
     
    Context :battle
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :death
     
    Original Text :οἱ δὲ Ἠπειρῶται τῇ νίκῃ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπαρθέντες καὶ θαυμάσαντες τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐβιάσαντο καὶ διέκοψαν τὴν φάλαγγα τῶν Μακεδόνων
     
    Translation :Then the Epeirots, exalted by the victory of their king and admiring his valour, overwhelmed and cut to pieces the phalanx of the Macedonians,
     
    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 :date: This battle takes place "a little while" (10.1) before Pyrrhus' expedition into Macedonia, so 290/89 BC.
    long-term consequence: Many enemies are slain during the flight. This is mentioned later in the paragraph.
     
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    Created at :2013-06-27 : 04:53:02
    Last changed :2020-12-08 : 08:34:22
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00000331
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