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Pyrrhus and the Romans suffer heavy losses in the battle of Heraclea.

Related Conflict :Battle of Heraclea 280BC, Pyrrhic War
Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: losses
  • Friends of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Publius Valerius Laevinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: defeat
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Army of Publius Valerius Laevinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 17.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Herakleia (Heraclea)
    Time Periode :Roman Republic
    Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :280 B.C.
     
    Context :battle
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :political
    tactical/strategical
     
    Original Text :Διονύσιος μὲν οὖν ὀλίγῳ τῶν πεντακισχιλίων καὶ μυρίων ἐλάσσονας πεσεῖν ἱστορεῖ Ῥωμαίων, Ἱερώνυμος δὲ μόνους ἑπτακισχιλίους, τῶν δὲ περὶ Πύρρον ὁ μὲν Διονύσιος μυρίους καὶ τρισχιλίους, ὁ δὲ Ἱερώνυμος ἐλάττονας τῶν τετρακισχιλίων: κράτιστοι δὲ ἦσαν οὗτοι: καὶ τῶν φίλων ὁ Πύρρος καὶ τῶν στρατηγῶν οἷς μάλιστα χρώμενος διετέλει καὶ πιστεύων ἀπέβαλεν.
     
    Translation :Dionysius states that nearly fifteen thousand of the Romans fell, but Hieronymus says only seven thousand; on the side of Pyrrhus, thirteen thousand fell, according to Dionysius, but according to Hieronymus less than four thousand. These, however, were his best troops; and besides, Pyrrhus lost the friends and generals whom he always used and trusted most.
     
    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 :date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/pyrrhus-e1015710
     
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    Created at :2013-12-05 : 10:08:23
    Last changed :2020-12-09 : 08:47:33
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00001239
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