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Margrave Gero and his men quickly build three bridges across the Raxa, allowing the army of King Otto the Great to attack and rout the tired Slavic army.

Related Conflict :Battle on the Raxa
Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Margrave Gero I. the Great Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: calling for help, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Origin: Slawian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
  • 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: Slawian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Widukind of Corvey, Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 3,54
    Location :Raxa (Raxa)
    Time Periode :Ottonian Period
    Century :A.D. 10
    Year :A.D. 955
    Season :Autum
    Speed :Fast
    Acceleration
     
    Context :battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :retreat
    death
    execution
     
    Original Text :At Gero cum amicis Ruanis miliario ferme uno a castris descendens hoste ignorante tres pontes celeriter construxit et misso nuntio ad imperatorem totum exercitum revocavit. Quo viso barbari et ipsi obviare legionibus contendunt. Pedites barbarorum dum longiorem viam currunt et certamen ineunt, fatigatione dissoluti militibus citius cedunt; nec mora, dum fugae presidium quaerunt, obtruncantur.
     
    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 : 02:01:06
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00012672
    Static URL :https://www.ancientviolence.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00012672