Gylippus and the Spartans capture Plemmyrium whilst killing and imprinosing many men.

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Gylippus Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: capture
Perpetrator (Group) :	Spartan Army Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: capture
Victim (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 20.2Plutarch Nicias 20.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	414 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	capture
Original Text :	ἀλλ᾽ ἄφνω προσπεσὼν ὁ Γύλιππος εἷλε τὸ Πλημμύριον, ἐν ᾧ σκευῶν τριηρικῶν καὶ χρημάτων πολλῶν ἀποκειμένων ἐκράτησε πάντων καὶ διέφθειρεν ἄνδρας οὐκ ὀλίγους καὶ ζῶντας ἔλαβε: τὸ δὲ μέγιστον,
Translation :	Plemmyrium,1 and so Gylippus, who had fallen upon it suddenly, captured it. Large naval stores and moneys were in deposit there, all of which Gylippus secured, besides killing many men and taking many prisoners.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
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