Alexander III kills Rhoesaces during the Battle 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: death
Third Party (Person) :	Cleitus the Black Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 16.5Plutarch Alexander 16.5 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 :	sword
Original Text :	ἑτέραν δὲ τόν Σπιθριδάτην πάλιν ἐπαιρόμενον ἔφθασε Κλεῖτος ὁ μέλας τῷ ξυστῷ διελάσας μέσον, ὁμοῦ δὲ καὶ Ῥοισάκης ἔπεσεν ὑπὸ Ἀλεξάνδρου ξίφει πληγείς.
Translation :	But while Spithridates was raising his arm again for another stroke, Cleitus, ‘Black Cleitus,’ got the start of him and ran him through the body with his spear. At the same time Rhoesaces also fell, smitten by Alexander's 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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