Alexander captures ten Gymnosophists who had brought Sabbas to revolt.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Indian, Age: mixed, Activity: philosopher, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 64.1Plutarch Alexander 64.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	India (India)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Context :	revolt
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	release of prisoners
Original Text :	τῶν δὲ Γυμνοσοφιστῶν τοὺς μάλιστα τὸν Σάββαν ἀναπείσαντας ἀποστῆναι καὶ κακὰ πλεῖστα τοῖς Μακεδόσι παρασχόντας λαβὼν δέκα,
Translation :	He captured ten of the Gymnosophists who had done most to get Sabbas to revolt, and had made the most trouble for the Macedonians.
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: The philosophers are released later, this is mentioned in 65.1.
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