Stelle Trecenti enim Waringi in eadem urb...; (De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100), III, 29) [4209]
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| ID | 4209 |
| Text | De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation | Trecenti enim Waringi in eadem urbe habitabant, custodes ab imperatore deputati, quorum praesidio et opere non minimum defensabatur. At cum nostros in oppugnando persistentes vident, machinamenta, quibus urbs facilius debellari poterat, apparare timentes, et, capta urbe, pejus foedus inire sibi in futurum praecaventes, foedere confecto, deditionem faciunt. Sicque urbe subjugata, omnes circumquaque provinciae cum finitimis castris eius ditioni subjugantur |
| Translation | Three hundred Varangians were stationed in that city, sent there to guard it by the emperor, and their work and vigilance contributed not a little to the defence. But when they saw our men persisting in the attack, and fearing that siege engines would appear which would hasten the city's fall (after which they foresaw that any treaty they might obtain for themselves would be on much worse terms), they made an agreement to surrender |
| Quotation source | III, 29 |
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| Comment | Latin descriptor for Varangians: timentes |
