Bessus captures Darius III.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Bessus, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Victim (Person) :	Darius III Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: capture
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 42.3Plutarch Alexander 42.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Bactria (Bactria)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	330 B.C.
Context :	conspiracy
Motivation :	political
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	ἀκούσας δὲ τὴν ὑπὸ Βήσσου γενομένην αὐτοῦ σύλληψιν ἀπέλυσε τοὺς Θεσσαλοὺς οἴκαδε, δισχίλια τάλαντα δωρεὰν ἐπιμετρήσας ταῖς μισθοφοραῖς.
Translation :	but when he heard that Dareius had been seized by Bessus, he sent his Thessalians home, after distributing among them a largess of two thousand talents over and above their pay.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	perpetrator: Bessus probably did not act without armed soldiers to support him. long-term consequence: Darius is later killed by Bessus. This is mentioned in 43.1. Bessus is executed for this deed on Alexander's orders. This is mentioned in 43.3.
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