Pericles wins brilliantly in a fierce naval battle near Tragia

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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: Other, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pericles 25.3Plutarch Pericles 25.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Tragia (Agathonisi)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	440 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign naval battle revolt
Motivation :	political
Long-Term Consequence :	siege
Original Text :	γενομένης δὲ καρτερᾶς ναυμαχίας περὶ νῆσον ἣν Τραγίας καλοῦσι, λαμπρῶς ὁ Περικλῆς ἐνίκα, τέσσαρσι καὶ τεσσαράκοντα ναυσὶν ἑβδομήκοντα καταναυμαχήσας, ὧν εἴκοσι στρατιώτιδες ἦσαν.
Translation :	In a fierce sea-fight which came off near an island called Tragia, Pericles won a brilliant victory, with four and forty ships outfighting seventy, twenty of which were infantry transports.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :	victim: The victims are Samian. long-term consequence: After his victory Pericles besieges Samos (Plut. Per. 26.1).
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