Oplax, a Frentanian officer, is killed by the friends of Pyrrhus during the Battle of Heraclea.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Heraclea 280BC, Pyrrhic War
Perpetrator (Group) :	Friends of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Oplax Origin: Italic, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: retreat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pyrrhus 16.10Plutarch Pyrrhus 16.10 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Herakleia (Heraclea)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece Roman Republic
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	280 B.C.
Context :	battle single combat war/military campaign
Motivation :	social tactical/strategical
Original Text :	ἀμφοτέρων δὲ τῶν ἵππων πεσόντων τὸν μὲν Πύρρον οἱ φίλοι περισχόντες ἀνήρπασαν, τὸν δὲ Ἰταλὸν μαχόμενον διέφθειραν. ἦν δὲ τῷ γένει Φρεντανός, ἴλης ἡγεμών, Ὄπλακος ὄνομα.
Translation :	Both horses fell, but while Pyrrhus was seized and rescued by his friends, the Italian, fighting to the last, was killed. He was a Frentanian by race, captain of a troop of horse, Oplax by name.
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: The victim is of "Frentanian" origin. date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/pyrrhus-e1015710
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