Almost 6000 Ostrogoths under Theoderic defeat the Sarmatians, killing their king Babai, plundering his treasure and capturing his household.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Theoderic the Great Origin: Ostrogothic, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Ostrogothic, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Babai Origin: Sarmatian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Sarmatian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat Origin: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Jordanes, De origine actibusque Getarum 55.282Jordanes De origine actibusque Getarum 55.282 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Istros (Danube)
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 5
Context :	war/military campaign regicide plunder
Motivation :	tactical/strategical economical
Long-Term Consequence :	campaign conquest
Original Text :	Qui Theodoricus iam aduliscentiae annos contingens expleta pueritia, decem et octo annos peragens, ascitis certis ex satellitibus patris et ex populo amatores sibi clientesque consocians, paene sex milia viros, cum quibus inconscio patre emenso Danubio super Babai Sarmatarum rege discurrit, qui tunc de Camundo duce Romanorum victoria potitus superbiae tumore regnabat, eoque superveniens Theodoricus interemit familiaque et censu depraedans ad genitorem suum cum victoria repedavit.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Jordanes: De orgine actibusque Getarum. In: Iordanis Romana et Getica (MGH. Auct. ant. 5,1), pub. by Theodor Mommsen, Berlin 1882, p.53-138.
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