Alexander leads a small force to attack the walls of Tyre.

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Related Conflict :	Siege of Tyre, Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Tyrian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 25.1Plutarch Alexander 25.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Tyros (Tyre)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	332 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign siege
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Original Text :	ἡ δὲ πολιορκία τοιοῦτον ἔσχε πέρας, Ἀλεξάνδρου τὴν μὲν πολλὴν τῆς δυνάμεως ἀναπαύοντος ἀπὸ πολλῶν ἀγώνων τῶν ἔμπροσθεν, ὀλίγους δέ τινας, ὡς μὴ σχολάζοιεν οἱ πολέμιοι, τοῖς τείχεσι προσάγοντος,
Translation :	The siege of the city had the following issue. While Alexander was giving the greater part of his forces a rest from the many struggles which they had undergone, and was leading up only a few men to attack the walls, in order that the enemy might have no respite,
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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