Ptolemaeus I takes Cyprus.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Ptolemaeus I Soter Origin: Macedonian, Age: old, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Ptolemaeus I Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 35.3Plutarch Demetrius 35.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Kypros (Cyprus)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Context :	conquest war/military campaign
Motivation :	following orders political
Long-Term Consequence :	siege
Original Text :	Κύπρον δὲ Πτολεμαῖος ᾑρηκὼς ἄνευ μιᾶς πόλεως Σαλαμῖνος, ἐν δὲ Σαλαμῖνι πολιορκῶν τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα κατειλημμένους.
Translation :	and next, that Ptolemy had taken Cyprus, with the exception of the single city of Salamis, and had shut up in Salamis under siege his children and his mother.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	victim: The victims represent the garrisons left behind by Demetrius Poliorcetes.
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Last changed :	2021-01-07 : 11:53:05
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