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Pyrrhus is wounded with a javelin during the battle of Asculum.

Related Conflict :Battle of Asculum, Pyrrhic War
Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Publius Decius Mus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
  • Publius Sulpicius Saverrio Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
  • Third Party (Group) :
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
  • Army of Publius Decius Mus and Publius Sulpicius Saverrio Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 21.9 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Asculum (Asculum)
    Time Periode :Roman Republic
    Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :279 B.C.
     
    Context :battle
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    tactical/strategical
    Application :throwing weapon
    Weapon :javelin
     
    Original Text :ὁ μέντοι Διονύσιος οὔτε δύο περὶ Ἄσκλον μάχας οὔτε ὁμολογουμένην ἧτταν ἱστορεῖ γενέσθαι Ῥωμαίων, ἅπαξ δὲ μέχρι δυσμῶν ἡλίου μαχεσαμένους μόλις ἀπαλλαγῆναι, τοῦ Πύρρου τρωθέντος ὑσσῷ τὸν βραχίονα καὶ τὴν ἀποσκευὴν ἅμα Δαυνίων διαρπασάντων, ἀποθανεῖν δὲ καὶ Πύρρου καὶ Ῥωμαίων ἄνδρας ὑπὲρ μυρίους πεντακισχιλίους ἑκατέρων.
     
    Translation :Dionysius, however, makes no mention of two battles at Asculum, nor of an admitted defeat of the Romans, but says that the two armies fought once for all until sunset and then at last separated; Pyrrhus, he says, was wounded in the arm by a javelin, and also had his baggage plundered by the Daunians; and there fell, on the side of Pyrrhus and on that of the Romans, over fifteen thousand men.
     
    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 :thirdperson: The names of the consuls are taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/decius-e312190
    date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/decius-e312190
     
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    Created at :2013-07-25 : 06:36:16
    Last changed :2020-12-09 : 02:45:17
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00000484
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00000484