Alexander defeats the Scythians at the Iaxartes.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Scythian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 45.4Plutarch Alexander 45.4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Iaxartes (Syr Darya)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	330 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	tactical/strategical ambition
Original Text :	παραμείνασαν οὐκ ὀλίγον χρόνον, ὅμως οὐκ ἐπαύετο χρώμενος ἑαυτῷ πρὸς τοὺς κινδύνους ἀφειδῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν Ὀρεξάρτην διαβὰς ποταμόν, ὃν αὐτὸς ᾤετο Τάναϊν εἶναι, καὶ τοὺς Σκύθας τρεψάμενος ἐδίωξεν ἐπὶ σταδίους ἑκατόν, ἐνοχλούμενος ὑπὸ διαρροίας.
Translation :	Nevertheless, he did not cease exposing himself to dangers without stint, nay, he actually crossed the river Orexartes (which he himself supposed to be the Tanaïs), put the Scythians to rout, and pursued them for a hundred furlongs, although he was suffering all the while from diarrhoea.
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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