Cleomenes kills the ephors of Sparta.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: encouragement
Victim (Group) :	Ephors of Sparta Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: other, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intrasocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 38.2-3Plutarch Aratus 38.2-3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Sparta (Sparta)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	227 B.C.
Context :	civilian
Motivation :	political
Weapon :	unknown
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	οὐκέθ᾽ ὡς πρότερον ἀτρέμα καὶ σχέδην τοῦ Κλεομένους ἐπιβαίνοντος οὐδ᾽ ἐμπλεκομένου ταῖς πολιτικαῖς ἀρχαῖς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους ἀποκτείνας καὶ τὴν χώραν ἀναδασάμενος καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν μετοίκων ἐμβαλὼν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν ἔσχεν ἰσχὺν ἀνυπεύθυνον, εὐθὺς ἐπικειμένου τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς καὶ τῆς ἡγεμονίας ἑαυτὸν ἀξιοῦντος.
Translation :	For the invasions of Cleomenes were no longer quiet and restrained, as formerly, nor was he fettered by the civil authorities, but after he had killed the ephors, divided up the land, advanced many resident aliens to the citizenship, and thus got an irresponsible power, he immediately pressed the Achaeans hard, and demanded the supreme leadership for himself.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
Remark :	long-term consequence: According to Plutarch, Cleomenes gained an "irresponsible power" in Sparta.
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