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The army of King Otto the Great uses ranged weapons to force the Slavic army to engage in battle at the river Raxa.

Related Conflict :Battle on the Raxa
Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Otto I. the Great (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Slawian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Widukind of Corvey, Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 3,54 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Raxa (Raxa)
    Time Periode :Ottonian Period
    Century :A.D. 10
    Year :A.D. 955
    Season :Autum
     
    Context :battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Application :shooting
    Weapon :bow
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    Long-Term Consequence :battle
     
    Original Text :Imperator vero de nocte consurgens iubet sagittis et aliis machinis ad pugnam provocare, et quasi vi flumen paludemque transcendere velle.
     
    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 :2022-09-29 : 08:52:05
    Last changed :2023-03-01 : 01:53:45
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00012670
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00012670