A battle is fought and about 400 Spartans are shut off on Sphacteria

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Nicias
Perpetrator (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Spartan Army Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 7.1Plutarch Nicias 7.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Pylos (Pilos)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	425 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	political
Long-Term Consequence :	siege
Original Text :	καὶ μάχης γενομένης ἀπελήφθησαν ἐν τῇ Σφακτηρίᾳ νήσῳ Σπαρτιατῶν ἄνδρες ἀμφὶ τοὺς τετρακοσίους
Translation :	A battle was fought, and about four hundred Spartans were shut off on the island of Sphacteria.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
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