Cleomenes III is defeated by Antigonus Doson in the battle of Sellasia.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Antigonus III Doson Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Antigonus Doson Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: defeat
Victim (Group) :	Army of Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 46.1Plutarch Aratus 46.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Selasia (Sellasia)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	222 B.C.
Context :	battle
Motivation :	political
Weapon :	unknown
Long-Term Consequence :	exile
Original Text :	ἐκ τούτου Κλεομένης μὲν ἡττηθεὶς μάχῃ μεγάλῃ περὶ Σελλασίαν ἐξέλιπε τὴν Σπάρτην καὶ ἀπέπλευσεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, Ἀντίγονος δὲ πάντα τὰ δίκαια καὶ φιλάνθρωπα τῷ Ἀράτῳ πεποιηκὼς ἀνέζευξεν εἰς Μακεδονίαν.
Translation :	After this, Cleomenes, having been defeated in a great battle at Sellasia, forsook Sparta and sailed off to Egypt, and Antigonus, after having accorded to Aratus fair and kindly treatment in every way, led his army back to Macedonia.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
Remark :	date: It is uncertain whether the battle took place in 222 or 221 BC, see http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/der-neue-pauly/sellasia-e1107580. long-term consequence: After Cleomenes had lost the battle, he escaped to Ptolemaios III Euergetes.
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