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Aratus and his men capture all mercenaries at Sicyon's praetorium.

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Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: slave/servant
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    Level :intrasocial
    Source :Plutarch, Aratus 8.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Sikyon (Sicyon)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :251 B.C.
     
    Context :ambush
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :other
     
    Original Text :διὸ καὶ σπεύδων ὁ Ἄρατος ἀνέβαινε, τεσσαράκοντα τῶν πάντων ἀναβεβηκότων πρὸ αὐτοῦ: καὶ προσδεξάμενος ἔτι τῶν κάτωθεν ὀλίγους ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ τυράννου καὶ τὸ στρατήγιον ἀνῆλθεν ἐνταῦθα γὰρ οἱ μισθοφόροι παρενυκτέρευον. ἄφνω δὲ ἐπιπεσὼν αὐτοῖς καὶ συλλαβὼν ἅπαντας, οὐδένα δὲ ἀποκτείνας, εὐθὺς διεπέμπετο πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ἀνακαλούμενος . ἕκαστον ἀπ᾽ οἰκίας.
     
    Translation :Therefore Aratus also mounted the wall in haste, after forty in all had mounted before him; and when he had been joined by a few more of those below, he went up against the tyrant's house and the praetorium, where the mercenary soldiers passed the night. And after falling upon these suddenly and capturing them all, but killing none, he straightway sent messages to his friends summoning them all from their homes, and they ran together from all quarters.
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. 11.
     
    Remark :perpetrator: Aratus leads the group but is no military commander of any kind.
    perpetrator: Plutarch mentions in 6.2 that the group consists of servants of Aratus and his friends.
    long-term consequence: Aratus abolishes the tyranny in Sicyon.
     
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    Created at :2020-11-10 : 10:07:49
    Last changed :2020-11-10 : 10:07:49
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00006398
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