Stelle Porro gaytus, qui urbi et insulae ...; (De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100), IV, 16) [4236]
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| ID | 4236 |
| Text | De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation | Porro gaytus, qui urbi et insulae principabatur, caeterique cives, bellicis exercitationibus minus assueti, praesentia hostium deterriti, pacem libere ad colloquium cum comite accedendi expetunt: quo a comite concesso, ad tentorium comitis sibi locutum, ut pacem faciant, accedunt |
| Translation | Neither the Caid who ruled over the town and the island, nor his fellow citizens, were accustomed to military activities, and they were terrified by the presence of their enemies |
| Quotation source | IV, 16 |
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| Comment | Descriptor for the (implied) inhabitants of Malta: bellicis exercitationibus minus assueti, praesentia hostium deterrit |
