Demetrius Poliorcetes kills thirteen Theban citizens.

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Related Conflict :	Siege of Thebes, Conquest of Thebes
Perpetrator (Person) :	Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Theban, Age: adult, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Group) :	Origin: Theban, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 40.3Plutarch Demetrius 40.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Thebai (Thebes)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	291 B.C.
Context :	jurisdictional revolt siege
Motivation :	tactical/strategical political
Original Text :	καὶ δεινῶς μὲν ἔσχεν, οὐ μὴν ἀνῆκεν, ἀλλὰ εἷλε τὰς Θήβας πάλιν. καὶ παρελθὼν ἀνάτασιν μὲν καὶ φόβον ὡς τὰ δεινότατα πεισομένοις παρέσχεν, ἀνελὼν δὲ τρισκαίδεκα καὶ μεταστήσας τινας ἀφῆκε τοὺς ἄλλους.
Translation :	And yet, sore wounded as he was, he did not give up, but took Thebes again. His entry into the city filled the citizens with acute fear; they thought they were to suffer the most dreadful punishments; but he put to death only thirteen of them, banished a few, and pardoned the rest.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	century: The Boeotians revolted against Demetrius. This is mentioned in 39.3.
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