Local bandits attack Alexander's baggage train and capture his horse.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: camp follower
Third Party (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: anger
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 44.2Plutarch Alexander 44.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Hyrkania (Hyrcania)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	329 B.C.
Context :	ambush war/military campaign
Motivation :	unknown
Long-Term Consequence :	sending of envoys
Original Text :	ἐνταῦθα τῶν βαρβάρων τινὲς ἀπροσδοκήτως περιτυχόντες τοῖς ἄγουσι τὸν ἵππον αὐτοῦ τὸν Βουκεφάλαν λαμβάνουσιν.
Translation :	Here some Barbarians unexpectedly fell in with those who were leading Alexander's horse, Bucephalas, and captured him.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	long-term consequence: Alexander send an envoy to the bandits: They had to give him back his horse, otherwise he would kill all of their tribes. After they surrendered, he gave them a large ransom. This is mentioned in 44.3.
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