Alexander III breaks the ranks of the Theban Sacred Band at Chaeronea.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Chaeronea 338BC
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Theban Sacred Band Origin: Theban, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: defeat
Third Party (Person) :	Philip II Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Third Party (Group) :	Army of Philip II Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 9.2Plutarch Alexander 9.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Chaironeia (Chaeronea)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	338 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	ambition following orders
Original Text :	ἐν δὲ Χαιρωνείᾳ τῆς πρὸς τοὺς ' Ἕλληνας μάχης παρὼν μετέσχε, καὶ λέγεται πρῶτος ἐνσεῖσαι τῷ ἱερῷ λόχῳ τῶν Θηβαίων,
Translation :	He was also present at Chaeroneia and took part in the battle against the Greeks, and he is said to have been the first to break the ranks of the Sacred Band of the Thebans.
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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