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King Otto the Great and his army rout the Hungarian army after intial resistance and kill many in the battle of Lechfeld.

Related Conflict :Battle of Lechfeld (955 AD)
Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Otto I. the Great (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack, Direct Consequence: victory
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    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 3,46 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Lechfeld (Lechfeld)
    Time Periode :Ottonian Period
    Century :A.D. 10
    Year :A.D. 955
    Month :August
    Day :10
    Season :Summer
     
    Context :battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Weapon :lance
    Long-Term Consequence :retreat
    death
    capture
    execution
     
    Original Text :Et his dictis, arrepto clipeo ac sacra lancea, ipse primus equum in hostes vertit, fortissimi militis ac optimi imperatoris officium gerens. Hostium audaciores primum resistere, deinde, ut socios viderunt terga vertere, obstupefacti nostrisque intermixti extinguuntur.
     
    Translation :-
     
    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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    Created at :2022-09-25 : 10:33:47
    Last changed :2023-02-15 : 02:32:20
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00012627
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00012627