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| ID |
4106 |
| Text |
De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation |
Quibus Normanni bello haud segnes sub Montepiloso occurrentes,
fortiter congressi sunt, ostendentes se bellum nolle refugere, sed potius quasi ex delectatione
appetere. In isto congressu, Graecis contra usum fortiter agentibus, cum jam Normanni fatigari prae nimia caede coepissent ... viribus itaque suis
diffidentes et fortunae minus credentes, castra sua munientes, ultra decertare cum Normannis,
nisi muris interpositis, non praesumebant, sed neque ipsi muri contra Normannos eos tueri
poterant. |
| Translation |
The Normans rapidly marched to meet them and met them bravely in battle near Montepeloso. Far from showing their fear of combat, they sought it as if by choice. In this battle the Greeks, contrary to their usual custom, behaved bravely and the Normans started to be weakened by heavy casualties. They fortified their castra, and did not dare to fight the Normans any more without walls
to shelter behind, but not even these walls could protect them, for the Normans launched frequent and damaging raids against them.
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| Quotation source |
I, 10 |
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| Comment |
Latin descriptors for Normans: fortiter, fatigari. For Greeks: contra usum fortiter agentibus |
