The Byzantine army and their Saracenian mercenaries capture Emperor Otto II. as he is swimming to flee the battle at Cape Colonna, ransoming him afterwards.

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Related Conflict :	Battle at Cape Colonna
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Byzantine Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: losses Origin: Saracenian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: losses
Victim (Person) :	Otto II., Holy Roman Emperor Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Hermann of Reichenau, Chronicon (Hermann of Reichenau) 982Hermann of Reichenau Chronicon (Hermann of Reichenau) 982 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Lakinion/Lacinium (Capo Colonna)
Time Periode :	Ottonian Period
Century :	A.D. 10
Year :	A.D. 982
Month :	July
Day :	13
Season :	Summer
Context :	battle
Motivation :	economical
Long-Term Consequence :	release of prisoners
Original Text :	Ipseque imperator in mari natando fugiens ab hostibus captus, cum non agnosceretur ab eis, ad quoddam castrum maritimum pro precio, ut rogabat, adductus, a suis redemptus est.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Herimanni Augiensis: Chronicon. In: W. Trillmich, R. Buchner: Quellen des 9. und 11. Jahrhunderts zur Geschichte der Hamburgischen Kirche und des Reiches (FSGA 11), Darmstadt, 628-707.
Remark :	context: For the entry on the preceding battle, refer to: "The Byzantine army and their Saracenian mercenaries defeat the army of Emperor Otto II. in battle at Cape Colonna, killing and capturing almost all of the latter."
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