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Pyrrhus occupies Macedonian cities.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
  • Origin: Cisalpine Gaul, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
  • Origin: Macedonian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 26.6 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Makedonia (Macedonia)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :273 B.C.
     
    Context :conquest
    siege
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    political
     
    Original Text :μετὰ τὴν μάχην δὲ εὐθὺς ἀνελάμβανε τὰς πόλεις
     
    Translation :After the battle, however, he at once proceeded to occupy the cities.
     
    Edition :Plutarch Lives IX: Demetrius and Antony, Pyrrhus and Caius Marius, Ed. Jeffrey Henderson, trans. Bernadotte Perrin (The Loeb Classical Library 101), Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - London 1968 (first ed. 1920).
     
    Remark :date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/pyrrhus-e1015710
     
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    Created at :2013-08-05 : 05:36:37
    Last changed :2020-12-11 : 08:48:59
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00000530
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