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Timoleon occupies Messana.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Timoleon Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Timoleon Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: defeat
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    Third Party (Group) :
  • Origin: Messenian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Timoleon 20.1 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Messana (Messina)
    Time Periode :Classical Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    Motivation :following orders
    political
     
    Original Text :εραιωθέντων δὲ πάντων ὁ Τιμολέων δεξάμενος αὐτοὺς τήν τε Μεσσήνην εὐθὺς εἶχε,
     
    Translation :When they had all crossed over, Timoleon took them and at once occupied Messana,
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
     
    Notes :We assume the city was guarded by enemy mercenaries and that Timoleon probably was not able to occupy the city without some violence.
     
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    Created at :2015-02-13 : 03:54:36
    Last changed :2016-03-02 : 08:59:52
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002399
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00002399