Women of the Cenni are captured to be sold as slaves by the army of Caracalla.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Roman Army of Caracalla Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Germanic, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Reaction: encouragement, Direct Consequence: capture
Third Party (Person) :	Caracalla Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Lucius Cassius Dio, Roman History 78.14.2Lucius Cassius Dio Roman History 78.14.2 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 3
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	tactical/strategical economical
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	τούτων γυναῖκες ἁλοῦσαι ὑπὸ τῶν Ῥωμαίων, ἐρωτήσαντος αὐτὰς τοῦ Ἀντωνίνου πότερον πραθῆναι ἢ φονευθῆναι βούλονται, τοῦθ᾽ εἵλοντο: ἔπειτ᾽ ἀπεμποληθεῖσαι πᾶσαι μὲν ἑαυτάς, εἰσὶ δ᾽ αἳ καὶ τὰ τεκνα ἀπέκτειναν.
Translation :	Some of their women who were captured by the Romans, upon being asked by Antoninus whether they wished to be sold or slain, chose the latter fate; then, upon being sold, they all killed themselves and some slew their children as well.
Edition :	Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-.
Notes :	For the following suicide of the women, please refer to: "Captured Women of the Cenni kill themselves and their children after being sold as slaves."
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