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4000 men are executed without trial on orders of Maximinus Thrax for supposedly plotting against him.

 
Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: death
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Maximinus Thrax Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: anger
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    Level :intrasocial
    Source :Historia Augusta: The Two Maximini 10.6 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 3
     
    Context :conspiracy
    Motivation :political
    emotional
     
    Original Text :denique sine iudicio, sine accusatione, sine delatore, sine defensore omnes interemit, omnium bona sustulit et plus quattuor milibus​ hominum occisis se satiare non potuit.
     
    Translation :At any rate, without judge, prosecutor, or defence he put all of them to death and confiscated their property, and even after slaying over four thousand men he was not yet content.
     
    Edition :Historia Augusta, Volume II: Caracalla. Geta. Opellius Macrinus. Diadumenianus. Elagabalus. Severus Alexander. The Two Maximini. The Three Gordians. Maximus and Balbinus. Translated by David Magie. Loeb Classical Library 140. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1924.
     
    Remark :titel: The Historia Augusta leaves open whether or not the conspiracy was real, mentioning a story of Maximinus inventing it. (10.1-5)
     
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    Created at :2021-04-24 : 09:24:57
    Last changed :2021-05-13 : 10:33:29
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00009237
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00009237