Chalcidians defeat Xenophon and his army in Thrace.

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War, Battle of Spartolus
Perpetrator (Group) :	Chalcidian army Origin: Chalcidian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Xenophon of Athens Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 6.3Plutarch Nicias 6.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Thrake (Thrace), Spartolos (Spartolus)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	429 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	political
Long-Term Consequence :	campaign
Original Text :	ἀλλὰ περὶ Θρᾴκην μὲν ἡττήθησαν ὑπὸ Χαλκιδέων Καλλιάδου τε καὶ Ξενοφῶντος στρατηγούντων.
Translation :	It was under the leadership of Calliades and Xenophon that his countrymen met defeat at the hands of the Chalcidians in Thrace.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :	context: Battle of Spartolus, early phase of the Peloponnesian War
Notes :	Plutarch falsely mentions Calliades, probably Callias, who died in 432 B.C.
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