Demetrius Poliorcetes defeats a Spartan army in battle, capturing 500 and killing 200 men.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 35.1Plutarch Demetrius 35.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Sparta (Sparta)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	294 B.C.
Context :	battle war/military campaign
Motivation :	tactical/strategical political
Original Text :	καὶ πρὸς αὐτῇ τῇ Σπάρτῃ πάλιν ἐκ παρατάξεως ἑλὼν πεντακοσίους καὶ διαφθείρας διακοσίους, ὅσον οὔπω τὴν πόλιν ἔχειν ἐδόκει μέχρι τῶν χρόνων ἐκείνων ἀνάλωτον οὖσαν.
Translation :	And after he had fought a second pitched battle hard by Sparta itself, where he captured five hundred men and slew two hundred, it was thought that he as good as had the city in his power, although up to this time it had never been taken.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/archidamus-e132330 This battle took place directly after the one at Mantinea. This is mentioned earlier in the paragraph.
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