Pyrrhus plunders in Laconia.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Other, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pyrrhus 26.10Plutarch Pyrrhus 26.10 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Lakedaemonia (Laconia)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	272 B.C.
Context :	plunder war/military campaign
Motivation :	economical tactical/strategical political
Long-Term Consequence :	sending of envoys
Original Text :	ταῦτα πλαττόμενος καὶ παράγων τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας αὐτῷ καθ᾽ ὁδόν, ὡς πρῶτον ἥψατο τῆς Λακωνικῆς ἁρπαγὴν ἐποιεῖτο καὶ λεηλασίαν
Translation :	With these fictions he beguiled those who came to meet him on his march, but as soon as he reached Laconian territory he began to ravage and plunder it.
Edition :	Plutarch Lives IX: Demetrius and Antony, Pyrrhus and Caius Marius, Ed. Jeffrey Henderson, trans. Bernadotte Perrin (The Loeb Classical Library 101), Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - London 1968 (first ed. 1920).
Remark :	victim: Origin: The victims are Laconian. date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/pyrrhus-e1015710 long-term consequence: The Spartans send envoys to Pyrrhus. This is mentioned in 26.11.
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