Lysimachus captures the baggage train of Pyrrhus.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Lysimachus Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Lysimachus Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat Origin: Epirotan, Age: mixed, Activity: camp follower, Direct Consequence: capture
Third Party (Person) :	Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pyrrhus 12.6Plutarch Pyrrhus 12.6 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Edessa (Edessa)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	285 B.C.
Context :	battle war/military campaign
Motivation :	economical political tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	καὶ καθημένου περὶ τὴν Ἔδεσσαν αὐτοῦ ταῖς ἀγοραῖς κομιζομέναις ἐπιπεσὼν καὶ κρατήσας ἀπορίαν πρῶτον αὐτῷ περιέστησεν
Translation :	Pyrrhus was in camp at Edessa, where Lysimachus fell upon his provision trains and mastered them, thus bringing him to straits;
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 :	titel: Parts of Pyrrhus' Macedonian allies go over to Lysimachus. This is mentioned later in the paragraph.
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