Rex itaque Hugo congregato exercitu classibus per Tirrenum mare ad Fraxinetum directis terrestri ipse eo itinere pergit. Quo dum Greci pervenirent, igne proiecto Sarracenorum naves mox omnes exurunt. Sed et rex Fraxinetum ingressus Sarracenos omnes in montem Maurum fugere compulit, in quo eos circumsedendo capere posset, si res haec, quam promptums sum, non impediret.
Translation :
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Edition :
Liudprandi Liber Antapodoseos, In: A. Bauer; R. Rau, Quellen zur Geschichte der sächsischen Kaiserzeit (FSGA 8), 5th Ed. Darmstadt 2002, 244-495.
Remark :
context: For the previous attacks of the Saracens, which cause Hugh to call for Byzantine assistence, refer to: "Saracens, using Fraxinetum as a base, devastate the Alpine lands, leading King Hugh of Italy to ask for Byzantine ships with greek fire." long-term consequence: Though Liutprand claims that Hugh could have destroyed the Saracens, he instead lets them go on the condition that they seize the alpine passes and prevent Berengar of Ivrea from entering Italy.
