Aratus's light infantry pursues Cleomenes and his men.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Light infantry of Aratus Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: defeat
Victim (Group) :	Army of Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 37.1Plutarch Aratus 37.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Megale polis (Megalopolis)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	227 B.C.
Context :	battle
Motivation :	ambition
Weapon :	unknown
Original Text :	οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τῶν ψιλῶν ἐκδραμόντων καὶ ὠσαμένων τοὺς Σπαρτιάτας ἄχρι τὸν στρατοπέδου καὶ περὶ τὰς σκηνὰς διασπαρέντων.
Translation :	Nevertheless, his light infantry once made a sally, drove the Spartans as far as to their camp, and were scattered about among the tents.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
Notes :	Although Aratus's men pursue the Spartans, he does not allow them to go after the enemy further. In the end, he thus fails to win the battle.
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