Amyntas II assasinates Pausanias

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Amyntas II of Macedonia Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: unknown, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Pausanias Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Diodorus of Sicily, Bibliotheca historica 14.89.2Diodorus of Sicily Bibliotheca historica 14.89.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Makedonia (Macedonia)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	393 B.C.
Context :	regicide
Motivation :	ambition
Original Text :	ἐτελεύτησε δὲ καὶ Παυσανίας ὁ τῶν Μακεδόνων βασιλεύς, ἀναιρεθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἀμύντου δόλῳ, ἄρξας ἐνιαυτόν: τὴν δὲ βασιλείαν κατέσχεν Ἀμύντας, καὶ ἦρξεν ἔτη εἴκοσι τέσσαρα.
Translation :	Pausanias too, the king of the Macedonians, died after a reign of one year, being assassinated by Amyntas, who seized the kingship and reigned twenty-four years.
Edition :	Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
Remark :	long-term consequence: Amyntas II became king of Macedonia for 24 years.
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