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Pyrrhus loses a part of his army on the retreat from Macedonia.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Friends of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
  • Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: defeat
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 10.2 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Makedonia (Macedonia)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :289 B.C.
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    plunder
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
     
    Original Text :ὁ δὲ λῃστρικώτερον ἀφιγμένος οὐκ ἔμεινεν, ἀλλὰ φεύγων μέρος τι τῆς στρατιᾶς ἀπέβαλε καθ᾽ ὁδὸν ἐπιθεμένων τῶν Μακεδόνων.
     
    Translation :Pyrrhus, however, had come more for plunder than anything else, and would not stand his ground, but fled, losing a part of his army on the march, under the attacks 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).
     
     
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    Created at :2013-07-01 : 08:27:47
    Last changed :2020-12-08 : 08:45:59
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00000374
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00000374