Seleucus attacks Demetrius and his cavalry with elephants during the battle of Ipsus.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Ipsus
Perpetrator (Person) :	Seleucus I Nicator Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Seleucus I Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Victim (Group) :	Cavalry of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Third Party (Person) :	Antigonus Monophthalmus Origin: Macedonian, Age: old, Activity: commander/general Antiochus I Soter Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general Lysimachus Origin: Macedonian, Age: old, Activity: commander/general
Third Party (Group) :	Army of Antigonus Monophthalmus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier Army of Antiochus I Soter Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: discouragement Army of Lysimachus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 29.3Plutarch Demetrius 29.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Ipsos (Ipsus)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	301 B.C.
Context :	battle war/military campaign
Motivation :	following orders tactical/strategical
Application :	trampling down
Weapon :	animals
Long-Term Consequence :	death mutiny victory
Original Text :	αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἔσχε πάλιν ἀναστρέψας συμμῖξαι τοῖς πεζοῖς τῶν ἐλεφάντων ἐν μέσῳ γενομένων, [...]
Translation :	For he himself was not able to turn back and rejoin his infantry, since the enemy's elephants were thrown in his way;
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	long-term consequence: Antigonus' death and defeat are mentioned in 29.5.
Notes :	Details are taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/ipsus-e527120
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