Cleon takes Spartans as prisoners of war after the siege on Sphacteria

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Cleon Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: capture
Perpetrator (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Spartan Army Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 8.1Plutarch Nicias 8.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Sphakteria (Sphacteria)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	ambition political
Long-Term Consequence :	deportation other
Original Text :	ἐντὸς οὗ προεῖπε χρόνου τῶν Σπαρτιατῶν ὅσοι μὴ κατὰ μάχην ἔπεσον τὰ ὅπλα παραδόντας ἤγαγεν αἰχμαλώτους.
Translation :	And within the time which he had specified brought home as prisoners of war, their arms surrendered, all the Spartans on Sphacteria who had not fallen in battle.
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: Plutarch remains uncertain whether or not the captives are enslaved.
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Last changed :	2020-08-14 : 09:18:00
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