The leaders of the people in Messene kill officials and other citizens.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Leaders of the people in Messene Origin: Messenian, Age: adult
Victim (Group) :	Officials in Messene Origin: Messenian, Age: adult, Direct Consequence: death 200 citizens of Messene Origin: Messenian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intrasocial
Source :	Plutarch, Aratus 49.3Plutarch Aratus 49.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Messene (Messene)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	215 B.C.
Context :	civilian
Motivation :	political
Weapon :	unknown
Original Text :	ἐκ δὲ τούτου θαρρήσαντες οἱ μὲν ἄρχοντες ἐπελαμβάνοντο τῶν δημαγωγῶν, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ μετὰ τῶν πολλῶν ἐπελθόντες τούς τε ἄρχοντας ἀπέκτειναν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὀλίγον ἀπολείποντας διακοσίων.
Translation :	Upon this the officials plucked up courage and tried to lay hands upon the leaders of the people, and they, coming to the attack at the head of their followers, slew the officials and nearly two hundred citizens besides.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
Remark :	date: The date is taken from the New Pauly: "In 215/4, severe and bloody social unrest occurred, in which Philip V and Aratus [2] intervened (Pol. 7,12; 13,6; 9,30,2; Plut. Aratus 49f.)." https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/messana-messene-e801130?s.num=2&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.cluster.New+Pauly+Online&s.q=messene#e801190
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