Cleomenes defeats the Achaean league at Hecatombaeum and takes Argos as a consequence.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Army of the Achaean League Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 39.1Plutarch Aratus 39.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Hekatombaion (Hecatombaeum)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	226 B.C.
Context :	battle
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Weapon :	unknown
Long-Term Consequence :	conquest
Original Text :	καὶ μάχῃ μεγάλῃ περὶ τὸ Ἑκατόμβαιον ἡττηθέντες οὕτω κατεπλάγησαν ὥστε πέμπειν εὐθὺς ἐφ᾽ ἡγεμονίᾳ τὸν Κλεομένη καλοῦντες εἰς Ἄργος.
Translation :	[...] [A]nd after being defeated in a great battle at Hecatombaeum they were so dismayed that they sent at once and invited Cleomenes to come to Argos and assume the leadership.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
Remark :	long-term consequence: After the defeat of the Achaean league at Hecatombaeum, Cleomenes was able to take Argos.
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