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Lysimachus and Pyrrhus plunder in Macedonia.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Lysimachus Origin: Macedonian, Age: old, Activity: commander/general
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Lysimachus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Macedonian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: attack
  • Third Party (Group) :
  • Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Demetrius 44.2 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Makedonia (Macedonia)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :288 B.C.
     
    Context :plunder
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :economical
    following orders
    political
    Long-Term Consequence :campaign
    mutiny
     
    Original Text :ἅμα γὰρ τὴν μὲν Ἑλλάδα πλεύσας στόλῳ μεγάλῳ Πτολεμαῖος ἀφίστη, Μακεδονίαν δὲ Λυσίμαχος ἐκ Θρᾴκης, ἐκ δὲ τῆς ὁμόρου Πύρρος ἐμβαλόντες ἐλεηλάτουν. ὁ δὲ τὸν μὲν υἱὸν ἐπὶ τῆς Ἑλλάδος κατέλιπεν, αὐτὸς δὲ βοηθῶν Μακεδονίᾳ πρῶτον ὥρμησεν ἐπὶ Λυσίμαχον. ἀγγέλλεται δὲ αὐτῷ Πύρρος ᾑρηκὼς πόλιν Βέροιαν.
     
    Translation :For at one and the same time Ptolemy sailed to Greece with a great fleet and tried to bring it to revolt, while Lysimachus invaded Macedonia from Thrace, and Pyrrhus from the neighbouring Epeirus, and both plundered the land. But Demetrius left his son in charge of Greece, while he himself, hastening to the rescue of Macedonia, set out first against Lysimachus. But tidings came to him that Pyrrhus had taken Beroea.
     
    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/demetrius-e314200
    longtermconsequence: Demtrius' army mutinies before he can attack either Pyrrhus or Lysimachus. This is mentioned in 44.3.
     
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    Created at :2014-05-27 : 12:56:08
    Last changed :2016-05-18 : 01:11:43
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00001836
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