Stelle Pacis amicus erat bellum lateque pr...; (Chronicon (Thietmarus Merseburgensis) (1012 - 1018), Lib. II, Prologue (p. 36)) [5057]

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Text Chronicon (Thietmarus Merseburgensis) (1012 - 1018) Thietmar of Merseburg
Quotation Pacis amicus erat bellum lateque premebat. / Occidentales sedat Danosque feroces. / Partibus Eois tunc non apparuit hostis.
Translation He was a friend of peace and greatly suppressed warfare. He pacified the western folk and the ferocious Danes. Now, no enemy appeared from the East. (Trans. Warner, p. 89)
Summary Poem in praise of Otto I.
Quotation source Lib. II, Prologue (p. 36)
Temporal Coverage 965 - 973
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