Sixty thousand Peloponnesian and Boeotian hoplites invade Attica

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Related Conflict :	Archidamian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Archidamus II Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier Origin: Other, Age: adult, Activity: soldier Origin: Boeotian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: losses
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pericles 33.4Plutarch Pericles 33.4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Attica (Attica)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign
Motivation :	political
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation
Original Text :	τῷ δὲ Περικλεῖ δεινὸν ἐφαίνετο πρὸς τοὺς ἑξακισμυρίους Πελοποννησίων καὶ Βοιωτῶν ὁπλίτας （τοσοῦτοι γὰρ ἦσαν οἱ τὸ πρῶτον ἐμβαλόντες） ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς τῆς πόλεως μάχην συνάψαι:
Translation :	Pericles, however, looked upon it as a terrible thing to join battle with sixty thousand Peloponnesian and Boeotian hoplites (those who made the first invasion were as numerous as that), and stake the city itself upon the issue.
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 second group of perpetrators are other Peloponnesians.
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Last changed :	2019-07-05 : 04:48:46
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