Cleomenes plunders the territory of Sicyon and besieges the city.

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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: Greek, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: losses
Third Party (Person) :	Aratus of Sicyon Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: other
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 41.4Plutarch Aratus 41.4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Sikyon (Sicyon)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	225 B.C.
Context :	plunder siege
Motivation :	emotional
Weapon :	unknown
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	καὶ κατειρωνεύσασθαι δόξαντος, ἐμβαλὼν εὐθὺς τὴν Σικυωνίαν ἐπόρθει καὶ κατέφθειρε καὶ προσεκάθητο τῇ πόλει τρεῖς μῆνας.
Translation :	[W]hereupon Cleomenes, thinking himself mocked, at once invaded the territory of Sicyon, ravaged and laid it waste, and encamped before the city three months.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
Remark :	victim: reaction: Aratus holds out patiently and deliberates whether he should associate himself with Antigonus for help. long-term consequence: Cleomenes abandons the siege after three months without a clear result.
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