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After a mutiny the loyal soldiers of Demetrius Poliorcetes are put to rout during the Battle of Ipsus.
Related Conflict :Battle of Ipsus
Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Seleucus I Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: defeat
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Antigonus Monophthalmus Origin: Macedonian, Age: old, Activity: commander/general
  • Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
  • Lysimachus Origin: Macedonian, Age: old, Activity: commander/general
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    Third Party (Group) :
  • Army of Antigonus Monophthalmus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
  • Army of Lysimachus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
  • Cavalry of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Level :intrasocial
    Source :Plutarch, Demetrius 29.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Ipsos (Ipsus)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
    Year :301 B.C.
     
    Context :battle
    mutiny
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :following orders
    tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :death
     
    Original Text :πολὺ γὰρ μέρος ἀπορραγὲν ἑκουσίως μετεχώρησε πρὸς ἐκείνους, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἐτράπη.
     
    Translation :For a large body of them, detached from the rest, came over to him of their own accord, and the rest were routed.
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
     
    Remark :victim: Since the violence is intrasocial, perpetrator and victim are the same.
    thirdperson: The third parties listed here are all the other forces and commanders present at the battlefield who probably noticed the mutiny of Demetrius' entire phalanx.
    long-term consequence: Demetrius' army is last mentioned in 29.3 but it is referred to here.
    long-term consequence: Antigonus' death and defeat are mentioned in 29.5.
    Notes :Details are taken from the New Pauly.
    http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/ipsus-e527120
     
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    Created at :2014-05-12 : 11:24:02
    Last changed :2021-01-06 : 01:53:03
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00001655
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00001655