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A Soldier in the Army of Pompeius Strabo kills his brother in battle.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: grief, Direct Consequence: other
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Cornelius Tacitus, Histories 3.51 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Janiculum (Janiculum)
    Time Periode :Roman Republic
    Century :1 B.C.
    Year :87 B.C.
     
    Context :battle
    fratricide
    Motivation :none/accident
    Long-Term Consequence :death
     
    Original Text :nam proelio, quo apud Ianiculum adversus Cinnam pugnatum est, Pompeianus miles fratrem suum, dein cognito facinore se ipsum interfecit, ut Sisenna memorat:
     
    Translation :In the battle with Cinna at the Janiculum, a soldier in Pompey's army, as Sisenna tells us, slew his own brother, and, on discovering the horrible deed he had com- mitted, destroyed himself.
     
    Edition :Historiae. Cornelius Tacitus. Charles Dennis Fisher. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1911.

    Complete Works of Tacitus. Tacitus. Alfred John Church. William Jackson Brodribb. Sara Bryant. edited for Perseus. New York. : Random House, Inc. Random House, Inc. 1873. reprinted 1942.
     
    Notes :The soldier kills himself afterwards, described in: "Soldier in the Army of Pompeius Stabo commits suicide after killing his brother."
     
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    Created at :2020-12-09 : 08:59:32
    Last changed :2021-05-11 : 01:03:29
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00007013
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