Pericles invades the Megarian territory

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Related Conflict :	Archidamian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Pericles Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Megarian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: losses
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pericles 34.2Plutarch Pericles 34.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Megara (Megara)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign
Motivation :	political tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation other
Original Text :	καὶ γὰρ οἱ περιπλέοντες τὴν Πελοπόννησον χώραν τε πολλὴν κώμας τε καὶ πόλεις μικρὰς διεπόρθησαν, καὶ κατὰ γῆν αὐτὸς ἐμβαλὼν εἰς τὴν Μεγαρικὴν ἔφθειρε πᾶσαν.
Translation :	For the expedition around the Peloponnesus ravaged much territory and sacked villages and small cities, while Pericles himself, by land, invaded the Megarid and razed it all.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :	long-term consequence: This act of violence causes some consolation for the Athenians, who suffer themselves (Plut. Per. 34.1).
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