Object Metadata
A captured Persian soldier is tortured after deceiving the Army of Julian and leading them into barren lands.

Related Conflict :Campaign of Julian against Sassanid Persia
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Julian Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: confusion
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Origin: Persian, Age: old, Activity: soldier
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Salminius Hermias Sozomenus, Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία/Historia ecclesiastica 6.1.12 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 4
    Year :A.D. 363
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    conspiracy
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    other
    Application :torturing
    Long-Term Consequence :famine
    battle
    death
     
    Original Text :Ἐπεὶ δὲ προσωτέρω χωροῦντες, καὶ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐνέβαλον τόποις, ὁ μὲν γέρων ὁ αἰχμάλωτος βασανιζόμενος, ὡμολόγησεν ὑπὲρ τῶν οἰκείων αὐτομολῆσαι πρὸς θάνατον, καὶ ἕτοιμος εἶναι πάντα προθύμως ὑπομένειν.
     
    Translation :-
     
    Edition :Sozomeni Ecclesiastica Historia Volumes 1-2, ed. Robert Hussey, E Typographeo Academico, Oxford 1860.
     
    Remark :context: The soldier had allowed himself to be captured on purpose to mislead the Roman army. (6.1.10-11)
     
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    Created at :2021-10-24 : 11:33:39
    Last changed :2021-11-01 : 09:10:35
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00011226
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00011226