Aratus supports Megalopolis in fending off Cleomenes.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Aratus of Sicyon Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Aratus Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: soldier Army of Megalopolis Origin: Megalopolitan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Victim (Group) :	Army of Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 36.3Plutarch Aratus 36.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Megale polis (Megalopolis)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	227 B.C.
Context :	military
Motivation :	political
Weapon :	unknown
Original Text :	αὖθις δὲ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἐπὶ Μεγάλην πόλιν στρατευσάντων βοηθήσας ὤκνει μὲν ἁψιμαχοῦντι τῷ Κλεομένει λαβὴν παρασχεῖν καὶ τοῖς Μεγαλοπολίταις βιαζομένοις ἀντεῖχεν.
Translation :	And again, when the Lacedaemonians made an expedition against Megalopolis, he went to the aid of the city, but was loth to give Cleomenes a chance for the hand-to-hand fighting which he desired, and resisted the importunities of the Megalopolitans.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
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