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Pyrrhus loses a lot of men in the Battle of Asculum.

Related Conflict :Pyrrhic War, Battle of Asculum
Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: discouragement, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: losses
  • Generals of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: losses
  • Friends of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Publius Decius Mus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: defeat
  • Publius Sulpicius Saverrio Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: defeat
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Army of Publius Decius Mus and Publius Sulpicius Saverrio Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 21.10 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Asculum (Asculum)
    Time Periode :Roman Republic
    Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :279 B.C.
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    political
    Long-Term Consequence :campaign
     
    Original Text :πολὺ μὲν γὰρ ἀπωλώλει μέρος ἧς ἄγων ἧκε δυνάμεως, φίλοι δὲ καὶ στρατηγοὶ πλὴν ὀλίγων ἅπαντες, μεταπέμπεσθαι δὲ οὐκ ἦσαν ἕτεροι, καὶ τοὺς αὐτόθι συμμάχους ἀμβλυτέρους ἑώρα, τοῖς δὲ Ῥωμαίοις ὥσπερ ἐκ πηγῆς οἴκοθεν ἐπιρρεούσης ἀναπληρούμενον εὐπόρως καὶ ταχὺ τὸ στρατόπεδον, καὶ ταῖς ἥτταις οὐκ ἀποβάλλοντας τὸ θαρρεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ῥώμην καὶ φιλονεικίαν ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον προσλαμβάνοντας.
     
    Translation :For he had lost a great part of the forces with which he came, and all his friends and generals except a few; moreover, he had no others whom he could summon from home, and he saw that his allies in Italy were becoming indifferent, while the army of the Romans, as if from a fountain gushing forth indoors, was easily and speedily filled up again, and they did not lose courage in defeat, nay, their wrath gave them all the more vigour and determination for the war.
     
    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: Pyrrhus is listed as perpetrator together with his army because he won the battle.
    long-term consequence: Pyrrhus goes to Sicily. The narration of his Sicilian campaign starts in 22.1.
     
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    Created at :2013-12-05 : 09:41:50
    Last changed :2020-12-09 : 02:44:28
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00001232
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00001232