Pericles devastates Acarnania

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Pericles Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Acarnanian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: losses
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pericles 19.4Plutarch Pericles 19.4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Acarnania (Acarnania)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign plunder
Motivation :	economical political
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation siege
Original Text :	ἐκ δ᾽ Ἀχαΐας φίλης οὔσης στρατιώτας ἀναλαβὼν εἰς τὰς τριήρεις ἐπὶ τὴν ἀντιπέρας ἤπειρον ἐκομίσθη τῷ στόλῳ, καὶ παραπλεύσας τὸν Ἀχελῷον Ἀκαρνανίαν κατέδραμε, καὶ κατέκλεισεν Οἰνιάδας εἰς τὸ τεῖχος, καὶ τεμὼν τὴν γῆν καὶ κακώσας ἀπῆρεν ἐπ᾽ οἴκου, φοβερὸς μὲν φανεὶς τοῖς πολεμίοις, ἀσφαλὴς δὲ καὶ δραστήριος τοῖς πολίταις.
Translation :	Then from Achaia, which was friendly to him, he took soldiers on board his triremes, and proceeded with his armament to the opposite mainland, where he sailed up the Achelous, overran Acarnania, shut up the people of Oeniadae behind their walls, and after ravaging and devastating their territory, went off homewards, having shown himself formidable to his enemies, but a safe and efficient leader for his fellow-citizens
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :	long-term consequence: The devastation of Acarnania leads to the siege of Oeniadae and to the destruction of the Oenidean territory.
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