Object Metadata
700 captured Slavs are decapitated in view of the displayed head of their dead leader Stojgnev on the morning after the battle on the Raxa.

Related Conflict :Battle on the Raxa
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Otto I. the Great (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Stojgnev Origin: Obodrites Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Slawian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Widukind of Corvey, Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 3,55 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Raxa (Raxa)
    Time Periode :Ottonian Period
    Century :A.D. 10
    Year :A.D. 955
    Daytime :Morning
    Season :Autum
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Application :decapitating
     
    Original Text :Postera luce caput subreguli in campo positum, circaque illud septingenti captivorum capite caesi,
     
    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 : 02:15:08
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00012685
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00012685