The Spartan defenders drive Pyrrhus' army off with their missiles.

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Related Conflict :	Siege of Sparta
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: retreat, Direct Consequence: losses
Third Party (Person) :	Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pyrrhus 29.5Plutarch Pyrrhus 29.5 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Sparta (Sparta)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	272 B.C.
Context :	siege war/military campaign
Motivation :	self-defence tactical/strategical
Application :	throwing weapon shooting
Weapon :	javelin bow
Original Text :	κατάντεις, θορυβουμένων δὲ περὶ τοῦτον τῶν ἑταίρων ἐπέδραμον οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται, καὶ χρώμενοι τοῖς βέλεσιν ἐξέωσαν ἅπαντας:
Translation :	His companions were thrown into confusion around him, and the Spartans, running upon them and making good use of their missiles, drove them all off.
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 :	perpetrator: The Spartans gain enough time for the aiding forces to arrive. This victory is mentioned in 29.6. date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/pyrrhus-e1015710 application: It is safe to assume Plutarch meant arrows as well as javelins with "missiles".
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