Demetrius Poliorcetes takes Rhamnus.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 33.3Plutarch Demetrius 33.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Rhamnous (Rhamnus)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	295 B.C.
Context :	siege war/military campaign
Motivation :	tactical/strategical political
Original Text :	ἀναληφθεὶς δὲ καὶ πόλεις τινὰς ἀφεστώσας προσαγαγόμενος πάλιν εἰς τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἐνέβαλε, καὶ κρατήσας Ἐλευσῖνος καὶ Ῥαμνοῦντος ἔφθειρε τὴν χώραν,
Translation :	But he recovered, and after restoring to their allegiance certain cities which had revolted from him, he invaded Attica again, got Eleusis and Rhamnus into his power, and ravaged the country.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/rhamnus-e1021750
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