The Athenians make expeditions into mainland Persia and devastate the land of the Great King

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Alcibiades Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general Thrasyllos Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general Menander Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Persian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Xenophon of Athens, Hellenica 1.2.17Xenophon of Athens Hellenica 1.2.17 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Persia (Persia)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	409 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign plunder
Motivation :	economical following orders political tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation
Original Text :	ἐξῆλθον δέ τινας καὶ ἄλλας ἐξόδους τοῦ χειμῶνος εἰς τὴν ἤπειρον καὶ ἐπόρθουν τὴν βασιλέως χώραν.
Translation :	The Athenians also made some other expeditions during the winter into the interior and laid waste the King's territory.
Edition :	Xenophon. Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 1. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1900 (repr. 1968).
Remark :	perpetrator: Menander is not equal in rank to Alcibiades and Thrasyllos, but second in command (Xen. Hell. 1.2.16).
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