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The wives and children of the Persians are captured in the aftermath of the Battle of Issus.

Related Conflict :Battle of Issus 333BC, Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
  • Alexander's Thessalian Cavalry Origin: Thessalian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: capture
  • Origin: Persian, Age: child, Direct Consequence: capture
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Alexander 24.1 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Damaskos (Damascus, Dimashq)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
    Year :333 B.C.
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    plunder
    Motivation :economical
    following orders
     
    Original Text :μετὰ δὲ τὴν μάχην τὴν ἐν Ἰσσῷ πέμψας εἰς Δαμασκόν ἔλαβε τὰ χρήματα καὶ τὰς ἀποσκευὰς καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας τῶν Περσῶν. καὶ πλεῖστα μὲν ὠφελήθησαν οἱ τῶν Θεσσαλῶν ἱππεῖς: τούτους γὰρ ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς διαφερόντως ἐν τῇ μάχῃ γενομένους ἔπεμψεν ἐπίτηδες ὠφεληθῆναι βουλόμενος: ἐνεπλήσθη δὲ καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν εὐπορίας στρατόπεδον.
     
    Translation :After the battle at Issus, he sent to Damascus and seized the money and baggage of the Persians together with their wives and children. And most of all did the Thessalian horsemen enrich themselves, for they had shown themselves surpassingly brave in the battle, and Alexander sent them on this expedition purposely, wishing to have them enrich themselves. But the rest of the army also was filled with wealth.
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
     
     
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    Created at :2014-07-09 : 12:14:10
    Last changed :2020-11-25 : 04:42:52
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002035
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00002035