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The army of Sapor II. hunts down and kills every Persian who crossed the Tigris after the conquest of Amida.

Related Conflict :Roman-Persian Wars of Constantius II. and Sapor II., Siege of Amida (359 AD)
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Persian Army of Sapor II. Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Persian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :intrasocial
    Source :Ammianus Marcellinus, History (Rerum Gestarum) 19.9.2 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Amida (Diyarbakır)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 4
    Year :A.D. 359
     
    Context :conquest
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
     
    Original Text :Transtigritanis qui sollicita quaerebantur industria, nullo infimi summique discrimine, ad unum omnibus contruncatis.
     
    Translation :and those who had come from across the Tigris were hunted down with extreme care and butchered to a man, highest and lowest without distinction.
     
    Edition :Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.
     
     
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    Created at :2021-07-04 : 10:30:23
    Last changed :2021-08-24 : 07:56:23
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00010214
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00010214