Cleon and Brasidas die in the Battle at Amphipolis

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Cleon Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: death
Perpetrator (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Victim (Person) :	Brasidas Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Spartan Army Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Third Party (Person) :	Nicias Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: other
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 9.3Plutarch Nicias 9.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Amphipolis (Amphipolis)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	422 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	political
Long-Term Consequence :	declaration of peace/truce
Original Text :	τούτων οὖν ἅμα πεσόντων ἐν μάχῃ μιᾷ περὶ Ἀμφίπολιν,
Translation :	These men [Cleon and Brasidas] had both fallen in one and the same battle before Amphipolis.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :	thirdperson: Nicias used the results of the battle for the declaration of the "Peace of Nicias" in 421 B.C. (https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/peloponnesian-war-e912670?s.num=1&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.brill-s-new-pauly&s.q=peace+of+nicias#e912710)
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