Stelle 790 - Hoc anno nullum iter exercita...; (Annales qui dicuntur Einhardi (814 - 817), year 790, p. 87) [4995]

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Text Annales qui dicuntur Einhardi (814 - 817) Anonymous - Annals
Quotation 790 - Hoc anno nullum iter exercitale a rege factum; sed in Wormacia residens legatos Hunorum et audivit et suos vicissim ad eorum proncipes misit. Agebatur inter eos de confiniis regnorum suorum, Quibud in locis esse deberent. Haec contentio atque altercatio belli, quod postea cum Hunis gestum est, seminarium et origo fuit.
Translation 790 - In the following year he (=Charlemagne) did not undertake a campaign but again celebrated Christmas and also Easter in the city of Worms. He rested at Worms, received the envoys of the Huns, and on his part sent envoys to their princes. The point at issue between them was where the borders of their kingdoms should be. This festering dispute was the seedbed which nursed the subsequent war against the Huns.
Summary 790 - Charlemagne resides in Worms and receives envoys of the Avars. They have a dispute regarding the border between the realms, which eventually led to a war in the following years.
Quotation source year 790, p. 87
Temporal Coverage 790 - 790
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