Stelle Porro imperator, videns Waringos, ...; (De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100), III, 27) [4208]
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| ID | 4208 |
| Text | De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation | Porro imperator, videns Waringos, in quibus sibi maxima spes victoriae fuerat, enerviter superatos, et nostros insequentes adversum et nostros insequentes adversum se acerrime adventare, territus, fugam, potius quam certamen, eligit |
| Translation | Seeing the Varangians, in whom his chief hope of victory lay, totally defeated and our pursuing forces resolutely advancing against him, the emperor was terrified and chose flight rather than battle |
| Quotation source | III, 27 |
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