Stelle atque annitente sibi dextera supern...; (Historia Langobardorum Beneventanorum (880 - 890), trans. Ferry, 33, pp. 176-177) [5561]

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Keywords	Region: Bari, [wurzel: ] Keyword: exercitus, [wurzel: ] Keyword: rex (king), [wurzel: reg] Ethnonym: Sarraceni, [wurzel: sarracen] Name: Sawdan, [wurzel: ] Region: Tarantum, [wurzel: ]
ID	5561
Text	Historia Langobardorum Beneventanorum (880 - 890) Erchempert
Quotation	atque annitente sibi dextera superna, cum iam ad extremitatem maximam pervenissent Saraceni, misso exercitu Varim cepit, capto in ea Saugdan effero rege cum aliis nonnullis satellitibus suis; deinde Tarantum obsidere iussit.
Translation	When the Sarraceni had come to their greatest extremity after losing their army, Louis’ forces, with God’s hand supporting them, seized Bari and captured the savage king Sawdân here with some of his other followers; Louis then ordered Taranto to be besieged.
Summary	The army of Louis II takes Bari and the emir, Sawdân, is captured. Taranto is the next target for the Frankish troops.
Quotation source	trans. Ferry, 33, pp. 176-177
Temporal Coverage	871 - 871
Associated use case(s)	Inside the Carolingian Crusade: Louis II of Italy and his War in Southern Italy, 865-874.
Spatial Coverage Objects	<QuerySet [<Stelle: atque annitente sibi dextera supern...; (Historia Langobardorum Beneventanorum (880 - 890), trans. Ferry, 33, pp. 176-177) [5561]>]> - Tarantum, [wurzel: ] <QuerySet [<Stelle: atque annitente sibi dextera supern...; (Historia Langobardorum Beneventanorum (880 - 890), trans. Ferry, 33, pp. 176-177) [5561]>]> - Bari, [wurzel: ]
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