For the two cities were waging their war for the possession of Priene, and the Samians were getting the better of it, and when the Athenians ordered them to stop the contest and submit the case to arbitration at Athens, they would not obey.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :
perpetrator: The perpetrators are Samian.
Direct consequence: The Samians were stronger than the Milesians. victim: The victims are Milesian. long-term consequence: Because the Samians refuse to end their war with Miletus as the Athenians demanded, Pericles starts a campaign against them (Plut. Per. 24.1 and 25.1).