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Demetrius Poliorcetes plunders in Syria.

Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Syrian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Seleucus I Nicator Origin: Macedonian, Age: old, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: attack
  • Third Party (Group) :
  • Army of Seleucus I Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Demetrius 48.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Syria (Syria)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :286 B.C.
     
    Context :military
    war/military campaign
    plunder
    Motivation :economical
    Long-Term Consequence :battle
    other
    mutiny
     
    Original Text :μόλις δὲ ἐν ἡμέραις τεσσαράκοντα ῥαΐσας καὶ τοὺς ὑπολοίπους ἀναλαβών, καὶ ὁρμήσας, ὅσον ἰδεῖν καὶ δοξάσαι τοὺς πολεμίους, ἐπὶ Κιλικίας, εἶτα νυκτὸς ἄνευ σάλπιγγος ἄρας ἐπὶ θάτερα καὶ τὸν Ἀμανὸν ὑπερβαλὼν ἐπόρθει τὴν κάτω χώραν ἄχρι τῆς Κυρρηστικῆς.
     
    Translation :But at last, after forty days, he recovered strength, and taking the soldiers that remained, set out, so far as his enemies could see or conjecture, for Cilicia; then, in the night and without signal by trumpet, he set out in the opposite direction, crossed the range of Amanus, and plundered the lower country as far as Cyrrhestica.
     
    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
    long-term consequence: Demetrius loses a last battle against Seleucus and most of his army goes over to Seleucus while Demetrius himself flees. This is mentioned in 49.1-4.
     
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    Created at :2014-05-30 : 11:57:58
    Last changed :2021-01-13 : 01:01:54
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00001884
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