Lydiades routs and pursues the right wing of Cleomenes' troops.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Lydiades Origin: Arcadian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Cavalry of Lydiades Origin: Arcadian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Victim (Group) :	Army of Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 37.2Plutarch Aratus 37.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Megale polis (Megalopolis)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	227 B.C.
Context :	battle
Motivation :	tactical/strategical ambition
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	πολλῶν δὲ συστραφέντων καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐπιρρωσθεὶς ἐνέβαλε τῷ δεξιῷ τῶν πολεμίων καὶ τρεψάμενος ἐδίωκεν [...]
Translation :	Many brave men gathering at his call, he was emboldened to charge upon the right wing of the enemy, which he routed and pursued.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
Remark :	motive: Plutarch names φιλοτιμία as motive later in the same sentence. long-term consequence: Lydiades overestimates himself, takes too great a risk and falls in battle shortly after.
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