A soldier of the Malli attacks Alexander and his bodyguards.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Origin: Mallian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: injury Limnaeus, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: death Peucestas Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: injury
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 63.4Plutarch Alexander 63.4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	India (India)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	326 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign siege single combat
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Application :	beating
Weapon :	sword
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	πρὸς δὲ τὴν πληγὴν ἐνδόντος αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ σῶμα κάμψαντος, ὁ μὲν βαλὼν ἐπέδραμε βαρβαρικὴν μάχαιραν σπασάμενος, Πευκέστας δὲ καὶ Λιμναῖος προέστησαν ὧν πληγέντων ἑκατέρων ὁ μὲν ἀπέθανε,
Translation :	Such was the force of the blow that Alexander recoiled and sank to his knees, whereupon his assailant ran at him with drawn scimitar, while Peucestas and Limnaeus defended him. Both of them were wounded, and Limnaeus was killed;
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	victim: Limnaeus occurs only in Plutarch as one of the bodyguards. The New Pauly and Arrian have Leonnatus but we followed the text given here. long-term consequence: Alexander kills the attacker. This is mentioned later in the paragraph.
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