Aratus and his soldiers seize the Macedonian soldiers on Acrocorinth.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Aratus of Sicyon Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Aratus Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: soldier Army of Corinth Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Macedonian garrison at the Acrocorinth Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 22.6Plutarch Aratus 22.6 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Akrokorinthos (Acrocorinth)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	243 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign conquest
Motivation :	following orders political tactical/strategical
Weapon :	unknown
Original Text :	ἡμέρας ἤδη διαυγούσης, ὅ τε ἥλιος εὐθὺς ἐπέλαμπε τῷ ἔργῳ, καὶ παρῆν ἐκ Σικυῶνος ἡ λοιπὴ δύναμις τῷ Ἀράτῳ, δεχομένων κατὰ πύλας τῶν Κορινθίων προθύμως καὶ τοὺς βασιλικοὺς συλλαμβανόντων.
Translation :	Day was now breaking, the sun at once shone out upon their success, and the rest of the forces of Aratus came up from Sicyon, the Corinthians readily receiving them by the gates and helping them to seize the king's soldiers.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
Notes :	Having been defeated by Aratus, the Corinthians finally change sides and help Aratus taking the Macedonian garrison prisoners.
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