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A Soldier in the Army of Pompeius Strabo commits suicide after killing his brother.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
 
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 :A.D. 87
     
    Context :fratricide
    Motivation :emotional
     
    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 committed, 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 :For the previous killing of his brother, please refer to: "Soldier in the Army of Pompeius Strabo kills his Brother in battle."
     
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    Created at :2020-12-09 : 08:59:29
    Last changed :2021-05-11 : 01:02:48
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00007014
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