A thousand former mercenaries of Timoleon are killed by the Bruttians.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Bruttian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Timoleon 30.2Plutarch Timoleon 30.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Italia (Italy)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Context :	ambush battle
Motivation :	unknown
Original Text :	οὗτοι μὲν οὖν διαπλεύσαντες εἰς Ἰταλίαν ἀπώλοντο παρασπονδηθέντες ὑπὸ Βρεττίων, καὶ δίκην ταύτην τὸ δαιμόνιον αὐτοῖς τῆς προδοσίας ἐπέθηκε.
Translation :	These, then, after crossing into Italy, were perfidiously slain by the Bruttians, thus receiving from the divine power a penalty for their treachery.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :	titel: The actual number of mercenaries is mentioned in 30.1.
Notes :	The circumstances are unclear, but the use of the word παρασπονδέω indicates some sort of treachery or trap used by the Bruttians.
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