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| ID |
4188 |
| Text |
De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation |
Dux ab omni Apulia equitum peditumque copiis, fratre Boamundo sibi in auxilium cum Ydrontinis et Tarentinis et reliquis, qui sui juris erant, assumptis, Vallem Gratensem, versus Castri-villam occupat. Comes vero multa millia Saracenorum a Sicilia et Calabria conducens, equitum quoque sive peditum Christianorum copias illorsum nepoti occurrere accelerans non relaxat |
| Translation |
The duke raised a large force of cavalry and infantry from all over Apulia, and his brother Bohemund came to help him with the people of Taranto, Otranto and the other places belonging to him, and he then moved into the Val di Crati, towards Castrovillari. The count brought many thousand Saracens from Sicily, together with a large force of Christian cavalry and infantry from Calabria, and made haste to meet his nephew there |
| Quotation source |
IV, 22 |
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