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The Bohemian troops of King Henry IV. strip and mutilate the dead Saxons as well as plunder and raze their camp after the battle of Homburg on the Unstrut.

Related Conflict :Saxon Wars of Henry IV. (1067-1075 AD), Battle at Homburg on the Unstrut
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Henry IV. (HRE) Origin: Bohemian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: mutilation
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Carmen de bello Saxonico 3, 204-208 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Homburg on the Unstrut (Homburg on the Unstrut), Unstrut (Unstrut)
    Time Periode :Salian Period
    Century :A.D. 11
    Year :A.D. 1075
    Month :June
    Day :9
    Daytime :Evening
    Night
    Season :Summer
     
    Context :battle
    plunder
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    economical
    Long-Term Consequence :victory
     
    Original Text :Dum nox composuit pariter bellumque diemque,
    Poiemii, castris Saxonum despoliatis,
    Vestibus occisos nudant truncantque iacentes,
    Plurima diripiunt carpenta ferentia victum
    Atque suis multas castris traxere rapinas.
     
    Translation :-
     
    Edition :Carmen de bello Saxonico, In: F. Schmale, I. Schmale-Ott, Quellen zur Geschichte Kaiser Heinrichs IV. (FSGA 12), 5th Ed. Darmstadt 2017, 144-189.
     
     
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    Created at :2022-10-26 : 09:43:11
    Last changed :2023-06-27 : 08:37:34
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00013064
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00013064