Pyrrhus takes five thousand soldiers of Pantauchus prisoners.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Army of Pantauchus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 41.2Plutarch Demetrius 41.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Aetolia (Aitolia)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Context :	battle war/military campaign
Motivation :	tactical/strategical political
Original Text :	ἀλλήλων δὲ διαμαρτόντες, ὁ μὲν ἐπόρθει τὴν Ἤπειρον, ὁ δὲ Πανταύχῳ περιπεσὼν καὶ μάχην συνάψας αὐτὸν μὲν ἄχρι τοῦ δοῦναι καὶ λαβεῖν πληγὴν ἐν χερσὶ γενόμενον ἐτρέψατο, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων πολλοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν, ἐζώγρησε δὲ πεντακισχιλίους.
Translation :	Demetrius therefore plundered Epeirus, but Pyrrhus fell upon Pantauchus, and after a battle in which the two commanders came to close quarters and wounded each other, routed him, took five thousand of his men prisoners, and slew many of the rest.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	original citation: ὁ δὲ refers to Pyrrhus, last mentioned in 41.1.
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