Ekkard and 18 chosen soldiers disobey orders of King Otto the Great in an attempt to earn glory, but are surrounded and killed by Slavs in a swamp.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Slawian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Ekkard Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: upper class, Reaction: jealousy, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Army of Otto I. the Great (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Otto I. the Great, Holy Roman Emperor Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Widukind of Corvey, Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 2,4Widukind of Corvey Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 2,4 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Ottonian Period
Century :	A.D. 10
Month :	September
Season :	Autum
Speed :	Acceleration
Context :	war/military campaign ambush
Motivation :	tactical/strategical ambition
Original Text :	Inter quos Ekkardus filius Liudulfi, qui in tantum aegre passus est fortunam Herimanni, ut sese promitteret maiora facturum aut vivere nolle. Unde collectis ex omni exercitu fortissimis viris interdictum regis rupit et paludem, quae erat inter urbem hostium et castra regis, cum sociis transiit, statimque hostes offendit, et ab his circumfusus cum omnibus suis periit. Erant autem qui cum eo ceciderant electorum ex omni exercitu virorum decem et octo.
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Edition :	Widukindus monachus Corbeiensis - Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum, In: A. Bauer; R. Rau, Quellen zur Geschichte der sächsischen Kaiserzeit (FSGA 8), Darmstadt, 16-183.
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