The Carthaginians besiege Syracuse many times without success.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: defeat
Third Party (Group) :	Origin: Syracusan, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Reaction: joy
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Timoleon 17.2Plutarch Timoleon 17.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Context :	war/military campaign siege
Motivation :	following orders self-defence
Original Text :	οὐδέποτε γὰρ Καρχηδονίοις ὑπῆρξε πρότερον μυρίους πολεμήσασι πολέμους ἐν Σικελίᾳ λαβεῖν τὰς Συρακούσας,
Translation :	For never before in all their countless wars in Sicily had the Carthaginians succeeded in taking Syracuse
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :	perpetrator: Since the sieges failed, the Syracusans are listed as perpetrators here. thirdperson: It can safely be assumed that the populace was happy to see the sieges lifted.
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