Alexander III thrusts a spear at the breast plate of Rhoesaces at the Granicus.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of the Granicus, Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Victim (Person) :	Rhoesaces Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
Third Party (Person) :	Spithridates Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: attack
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 16.4Plutarch Alexander 16.4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Granikos (Biga Çayı)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	334 B.C.
Context :	single combat battle war/military campaign
Motivation :	self-defence
Application :	beating
Weapon :	lance
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	Ῥοισάκου δὲ καὶ Σπιθριδάτου τῶν στρατηγῶν προσφερομένων ἅμα, τόν μὲν ἐκκλίνας, Ῥοισάκῃ δὲ προεμβαλὼν τεθωρακισμένῳ καὶ τὸ δόρυ κατακλάσας ἐπὶ τὸ ἐγχειρίδιον ὥρμησε.
Translation :	and when Rhoesaces and Spithridates, two Persian commanders, made at him together, he avoided the one, and smote Rhoesaces, who wore a breastplate, with his spear; and when this weapon snapped in two with the blow, he took to his sword.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
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