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Alexander and his army kill many of the soldiers protecting Darius at Gaugamela.

Related Conflict :Battle of Gaugamela, Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Army of Darius III Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
  • Army of Darius III Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Darius III Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: flight
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Alexander 33.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Gaugamela (Tell Gomel)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
    Year :331 B.C.
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
     
    Original Text :ἀλλὰ δεινὸς ὀφθεὶς ἐγγύθεν Ἀλέξανδρος καὶ τοὺς φεύγοντας ἐμβαλὼν εἰς τοὺς μένοντας ἐξέπληξε καὶ διεσκέδασε τὸ πλεῖστον, οἱ δὲ ἄριστοι καὶ γενναιότατοι πρὸ τοῦ βασιλέως φονευόμενοι καὶ κατ᾽ ἀλλήλων πίπτοντες ἐμποδὼν τῆς διώξεως ἦσαν, ἐμπλεκόμενοι καὶ περισπαίροντες αὑτοῖς καὶ ἵπποις.
     
    Translation :But when they saw Alexander close at hand and terrible, and driving those who fled before him upon those who held their ground, they were smitten with fear and scattered, for the most part. The bravest and noblest of them, however, slain in front of their king and falling in heaps upon one another, obstructed the Macedonians in their pursuit, weaving and twining themselves in their last agonies about riders and horses.
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
     
    Remark :thirdperson: Darius flees the battlefield in fear of Alexander. This is mentioned in 33.5.
     
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    Created at :2015-02-20 : 03:55:35
    Last changed :2021-01-15 : 09:59:02
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002509
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