Object Metadata
Fleeing Hungarians are attacked by and take losses from Saxons wherever they pass, while their leader is chased and killed in a clay pit.

Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: mixed, Reaction: attack
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Origin: Magyars/Hungarian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: death
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Magyars/Hungarian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Widukind of Corvey, Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 2, 14 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Ottonian Period
    Century :A.D. 10
    Year :A.D. 938
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
     
    Original Text :Urbes quas obvias habuere illorum fugam animadvertentes, armis eos omnibus locis urgebant, et maxima ex eis parte prostrata, ducem ispsum in quendam luti puteum cogentes obpresserunt.
     
    Translation :-
     
    Edition :Widukindus monachus Corbeiensis - Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum, In: A. Bauer; R. Rau, Quellen zur Geschichte der sächsischen Kaiserzeit (FSGA 8), Darmstadt, 16-183.
     
    Remark :long-term consequence: This group of Hungarians was previously ambushed and defeated at the Steterburg, described in: "The defenders of the Steterburg surprise a tired Hungarian troop during heavy rain, killing most of them and capturing their horses and standards."
     
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    Created at :2022-09-11 : 11:51:32
    Last changed :2023-02-01 : 02:20:13
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00012446
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00012446