Cleomenes plunders the territory of Megalopolis.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Cleomenes III Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Arcadian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: losses
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 38.7Plutarch Aratus 38.7 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Megale polis (Megalopolis)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Context :	plunder
Motivation :	tactical/strategical economical
Weapon :	unknown
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation
Original Text :	οὗτοι γὰρ ἐπιέζοντο τῷ πολέμῳ μάλιστα, συνεχῶς ἄγοντος αὑτοὺς καὶ φέροντος τοῦ Κλεομένους.
Translation :	For the Megalopolitans were most oppressed by the war, since Cleomenes was continually plundering their territory.
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: We name destruction as long-term consequence because Cleomenes plunders the territory repeatedly.
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